Hugh Trevor-Roper The Biography

'An outstanding biography of a fascinating and brilliant man' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'It is a long time since I have enjoyed a book as much as this one' ROBERT HARRIS Clever, witty and sophisticated, Hugh Trevor-Roper was the most brilliant historian of his generation. He seemed to have everything: wealth and connections, a chair at Oxford, a beautiful country house, an aristocratic wife and, eventually, a title of his own. But it wasn't to last. In 1983, he made one of history's greatest errors: he authenticated the Hitler Diaries just before they were proven beyond doubt to be forgeries. In his magisterial biography, award-winning author Adam Sisman tells Trevor-Roper's story in full, reliving the Hitler Diaries episode in all its painful detail but also showing just how much more there was to the great historian's career. From wartime code-breaking to investigating Hitler's death, passionate affairs to formidable feuds with the likes of Evelyn Waugh, Hugh Trevor-Roper is a brilliantly told study of success, snobbery, hubris and failure.