Richard J. Evans

1 series 3 books in order

Richard J. Evans was born in London and educated at Oxford University. He has taught at Columbia University and Birkbeck, University of London, and since 2014 has been the Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge. His many publications include an acclaimed three-volume history of the Third Reich and a recent collection of essays, The Third Reich in History and Memory. A Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, he is a past winner of the Wolfson History Prize, and was twice a History Honoree at the Los Angeles Times Book Awards. In 2012 he was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s birthday honors list, for services to scholarship. His latest book, Hitler's People, was published by Penguin Press in August 2024.

Known for
The Third Reich Trilogy

Series by Richard J. Evans

The Third Reich Trilogy

3 books in order · 2003–2008

  1. Cover of The Coming of the Third Reich

    The Coming of the Third Reich

    2003 · Richard J. Evans

    The definitive account of Hitler's rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany, from the author of The Third Reich in Power, The…

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    The Third Reich in Power

    2005 · Richard J. Evans

    The acclaimed and comprehensive account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's total rule and the inexorable march to war, by the author of The…

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    The Third Reich at War

    2008 · Richard J. Evans

    An absorbing, revelatory, and definitive account of one of the greatest tragedies in human history, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich,…

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