Richard J. Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. His many books include Death in Hamburg, In Hitler's Shadow, Rituals of Retribution and In Defence of History. He is currently writing a history of the Third Reich.
An astonishing brief of the historical profession against a fallen practitioner. Evans exhibits a vivid intelligence, clear writing and a bright animating rage. -- Mark Grief * Times Literary Supplement * Evans is a flat, dull, boring, venal, corrupt conformist who willingly sold his soul to the Devil. -- David Irving The evidence marshalled by Evans against Irving is devastating. -- Ian Buruma * The New Yorker * The tingle of intellectual discovery runs through Evans' methodical demolition of Irving's work ... A classic example of historical research as detective story. -- Charles Taylor * Salon.com *