The Devil's Doctor: Felix Kersten and the Secret Plot to Turn Himmler Against Hitler

John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: photographic and Diagrams. 725 g; X, 310 pages, includes appendices, chapter notes, bibliography, index; the text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout the text, and a diagram showing German intelligence command structure. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. The book shows no signs of damage, other than having been gently read. In May 1940, as Nazi panzers overran the Netherlands, Felix Kersten received a summons he dared not refuse. A successful and prosperous physical therapist who administered the Dutch Royal family, Kersten was "asked" to forsake his adopted home in the Netherlands and become personal physician to the Nazi Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler. While others might have spent the ensuing years paying fearful obeisance to this monstrous and unpredictable master, Kersten discovered that he had both the means and the courage to manipulate the surprisingly naive Himmler. To join in a plot to overthrow Himmler's hero, Adolf Hitler. -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic and Diagrams. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Military; History -- German; ISBN: 0471396729. ISBN/EAN: 9780471396727. Inventory No: 0219265. . 9780471396727