In search of Keith Murdoch

Zwar, Desmond

Macmillan

Hess's thoughts on Hitler, Churchill's order to Hess's psychiatrist to falsify his reporthere is the full story of Rudolf Hess’s imprisonment in Spandau Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler’s Deputy Führer until, in 1941, he flew to Scotland, ostensibly to negotiate peace between Germany and Britain. Captured by the British, he was held for the rest of the War, before being convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946. Desmond Zwar collaborated with Col. Burton C. Andrus, who was Commandant of Nuremberg Prison during the Trials, on his book The Infamous of Nuremberg, and with Col. Eugene K. Bird, U.S. Governor of Spandau Prison, where Hess was held for more than 40 years, on The Loneliest Man in the World. For reasons of practicality, neither of these books told the full story, which is revealed here for the first time. As well as his interviews with Hess and others, Zwar tells the story of how this book came to be written, including how Hess hid proofs in his underpants, how Bird was fired by the U.S. Army, and how the CIA tried to recover the transcripts.

Talking to Rudolf Hess

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The History Press

DEADLY CYCLONES, earthquakes, floods and even plague epidemics have ravaged Australia throughout her short recorded history.  These catastrophes continually remind us what a fragile edifice our civilization is.  this compelling book chronicles the experiences of ordinary Australians who stared horror in the face and survived -- and also tells the stories of those less lucky.A team of top Australian journalists rips away the official veil to reveal the facts behind such devastating disasters as:The horrific Hunter River floodsThe Black DeathAsh Wednesday bushfiresCyclone TracyMelbourne's Westgate Bridge CollapseA common thread of courage links all these calamities: Australians helping Australians, often at the risk or sacrifice of their own lives.  These vivid accounts of heroism and suffering make stirring reading -- bringing our nation's history vividly to life.

Thredbo: A Tragedy Waiting to Happen and Other Australian Disasters

MacDougall, A. K.

Rysman, Leonard

The Five Mile Press

Phillip Knightley, renowned investigative reporter, and twice UK Journalist of the Year, says." Desmond Zwar's career followed the tradition of brash boys from the Australian bush making good in cosmopolitan Fleet Street-alas now the home of bankers and property developers rather than newspapermen. Zwar was there when British journalism was at its best, and from stories about the Queen to film stars, politicians and scandals (lots of those) he confirmed the Fleet Street view that there was no one better able to dig out the real story than an Aussie. This is a funny, engrossing memoir of a golden age."

The Queen, Rupert & Me

Community & Culture

Sid Harta Pub

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