Buy this book on-line Douglas-Hamilton, James : Motive For A Mission: The Story Behind Hess's Flight to BritainSt. Martin's Press, New York, 1971 ISBN 0333122607
290pp. B&W Photographs. Small stain from a removed price sticker on front endpaper . Rudolf Hess joined the fledgling Nazi Party in 1920 and soon became Adolf Hitler's friend. After participating inthe Beer Hall Putsch (1923) , he escaped but returned voluntarily to prison, where he took down dictation for Hitler's Mein Kampf. He became Hitler's private secretary and, in 1933, deputy party leader. In the early days of World War II his power waned. In 1941 he created an international sensation when he secretly landed by parachute in Scotland on an abortive mission to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany. The British government held him as a prisoner of war, and his peace initiative was rejected by Hitler. He was given a life sentence at the Nürnberg trials, and from 1966 he was the sole inmate at Spandau prison, 8vo, Very Good in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Douglas-Hamilton, James : Motive For A Mission: The Story Behind Hess's Flight to Britain. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, out of print books, first editions, atlases and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |