{"product_id":"the-women-who-flew-for-hitler-9781447274230","title":"The Women Who Flew for Hitler","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting double biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women test pilots - Hitler's personal Valkyries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male-dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany. With the war, both became pioneering test pilots and both were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich.  But they could not have been more different and neither woman had a good word to say for the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanna was middle-class, vivacious and distinctly Aryan, while the darker, more self-effacing Melitta, came from an aristocratic Prussian family. Both were driven by deeply held convictions about honour and patriotism but ultimately while Hanna tried to save Hitler's life, begging him to let her fly him to safety in April 1945, Melitta covertly supported the most famous attempt to assassinate the Führer.  Their interwoven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVividly drawn . . . this is a thrilling story. * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eThis is popular history of a high order. * Times *\u003cbr\u003eA satisfying, rollicking read . . . well researched and beautifully written. * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThis compelling work has the drama and suspense of the best movie scripts. * Library Journal USA *\u003cbr\u003eBiographer Mulley comes through in a major way . . . absolutely gripping. * Booklist, USA *\u003cbr\u003eAn utterly compelling read * Historia *\u003cbr\u003ePacked with detail and colour. * History Revealed *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408478871895,"sku":"9781447274230","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447274230.jpg?v=1730503050","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-women-who-flew-for-hitler-9781447274230","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}