'Coffee with Hitler' a talk by author Dr Charles Spicer on his new best selling book

Tue 7 March 2023

Selwyn College

Hosted by Selwyn College's Vice Master, Janet O'Sullivan, Dr Charles Spicer will be discussing his new history book 'Coffee with Hitler'.

'Coffee with Hitler' tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between the wars. With support from royalty, aristocracy, politicians and businessmen, they hoped to use the much mythologised Anglo-German Fellowship as a vehicle to civilise the Nazis. A pacifist Welsh historian, a Great War flying ace, and a butterfly-collecting businessman offered the British government better intelligence on the horrifying rise of the Nazis than anyone else.

Coffee With Hitler is based on eight years of painstaking research among letters, intelligence reports, membership lists, and other primary sources, many of which have been lost or overlooked by historians for the past eighty years.

Join us at Selwyn College for what is sure to be a fascinating talk.

This event will also be live-streamed (no booking required) on Selwyn College's YouTube channel.

Cost: Free