The flight of Rudolf Hess

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Hess's astonishing flight from Augsburg to Scotland on May 10 1941, in an attempt to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany, has given rise to much curiosity and speculation. Roy Nesbit and Georges van Acker have concentrated on providing a concise account of Hess's life and his flight to Scotland using reliable archive sources and eyewitness accounts. Their account will resolve many of the riddles which still bedevil this strange episode of the Second World War.