A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018. Historian Caroline Sharples unravels the strange, unsettling afterlife of one of history’s most notorious figures. Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die. With no public body, no independent witnesses and a rapidly collapsing regime, the events inside the Führerbunker created a vacuum in which rumour, propaganda and conspiracy could thrive. As governments and intelligence agencies scrambled for answers, myths of survival flourished across Europe and the Americas. Sharples offers a gripping investigation not just into a death, but into the making of modern myth; a compelling exploration of how history is pieced together, distorted and, ultimately, confirmed. A thought-provoking and timely examination of truth, evidence and the stories we choose to believe.