Hitler And Churchill

Narrated by Christopher Key 6 cassettes, 9 hours running time Unabridged… This groundbreaking book accompanies Roberts’s BBC landmark history series for 2003, Secrets of Leadership, and - in a world that is as dependent on leadership as any earlier age - it asks searching questions about our need to be led. In doing so, Roberts forces us to re-examine the way that we look at those who take decisions for us…

Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler: the “old lion” against the "German eagle". The “bear of Downing Street” versus “der Wolf.” Two radically contradictory personalities whose enmity represented the 20th century as the “age of extremes.” On one side is Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the century. His humor, style, self-deprecation and audacity in the face of adversity is still regarded as a prime example of leadership and political courage. He is one of the most popular political leaders of all time. On the other side is Adolf Hitler, certainly the most hated leader in contemporary history.

Hess’s peace mission to Britain in May 1941 remains one of the Second World War’s greatest mysteries.