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Putting the record straight about the last years of Rudolf Hess's life. The last British Governor of Spandau Allied Prison puts the record straight about the final years of Rudolf Hess's life, and his ultimate suicide while in Allied custody. Lt Col Le Tissier authentically counters the many allegations, which have abounded, that the prisoner was an imposter, that he was kept in isolation and even that he was murdered. The book also gives some fascinating insights into life in Berlin as an island of democracy in a sea of Communism. AUTHOR: Lt Col Tony le Tossier MBE served with the British Army's Royal Corps of Military Police until 1977. He was British governor of the infamous Spandau Prison in Berlin from 1981 to 1987. Tony is the author of many books on the Second World War including 'With Our Backs to Berlin'. 36 b/w illustrations

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Crisply authoritative first-hand account . . . The odd story of Hess' imprisonment and death is one of those fascinating footnotes of history and readers will not find a better account of them than this book. -- The Washington Times

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TONY LE TISSIER is an acknowledged expert on the 1945 battle of Berlin.

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