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Paul

pwaring@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 6 months, 1 week ago

Reader of a wide range of genres, including a lot of non-fiction. I’m an active member of a sci-fi book club and occasional attendee at a post-apocalyptic book club.

Trying this out as an alternative and hopefully replacement for Goodreads, though I'm posting on both sites at the moment.

I don't follow from here, my main Fediverse account is: @pwaring@fosstodon.org

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2024 Reading Goal

76% complete! Paul has read 38 of 50 books.

Ian Kershaw: HITLER 1889 - 1936 (Hardcover, 1998, Allen Lane) 5 stars

Ian Kershaw's HITLER allows us to come closer than ever before to a serious understanding …

Detailed and accessible

5 stars

A magisterial first volume covering Hitler's early years and rise to power. Whilst Kershaw doesn't draw any parallels with other dictators, demagogues and populists, you can clearly see the playbook used by Hitler's successors.

Although eminently readable without them, the endnotes are staggeringly detailed, taking up roughly 25% of the length of the book.