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Caroline Sharples

@carolinesharples.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton specialising in C20th German history. Author of The Long Death of Adolf Hitler (2026). carolinesharples.com

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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Looking forward to speaking at this online seminar next week with @cendeathsociety.bsky.social & @bniven.bsky.social: 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: The Negotiation of Memory over Time'. Register here to join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-d...
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The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: the negotiation of memory over time
This CDAS seminar marks the publication of Caroline’s new book ‘The long death of Adolf Hitler: an investigative history’.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Two new sightings of 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler' out in the wild! Many thanks to Clare Lawlor for spotting it at USHMM in Washington DC, and @carolinepennock.bsky.social for documenting its appearance in a bookshop in Bruges!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Spotted my book (sitting among some rather illustrious company) @gowerst-books.bsky.social! 😊
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Made my debut @chalkefestival.bsky.social this week - and just about managed to deliver two talks without completely melting in the heat! Thanks to everyone who showed up to hear me chat about 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler' - especially the incredible crowd of school students on Day 2!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Congratulations, Dr Alan Lee! Absolutely thrilled to see @alanlee99.bsky.social passing their viva this morning. (Pictured with Alan: proud supervisors @sebastiangehrig.bsky.social @pvelija.bsky.social & yours truly, & examiners Alberto Fernandez-Carbajal & Craig Griffiths.)
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thrilled to see my recent book, 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler', featured in the latest edition of the @nybooks.com! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Hitler’s End | Neal Ascherson
After the fall of Berlin the Soviets concealed their discovery of Hitler’s remains, leaving the Western Allies scrambling for evidence that he was dead.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Aww, thank you! 😊 A cake was the least I could do!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Congratulations, Alan, for the brilliant research presentation and putting together such a thought-provoking workshop today @uni-roehampton.bsky.social
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Spotted & signed my new book & did a little impromptu photo shoot for @waterstones.bsky.social in Chichester this morning! #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler #HistoryBooks
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James Pennock @corporategorillajp.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A sighting of @carolinesharples.bsky.social new book in Waterstones at Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre.
Caroline Sharples’ book The Long Desth of Adolf Hitler sits on a book shelf, front cover facing forwards after a little bit of shelf-stock juggling by yours truly.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
81 years ago today, Adolf Hitler ended his own life on his Berlin bunker. But that was far from the end of his story. Read the full history in my latest book, 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler' yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... #HistoryBooks #BSkyhistorians
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The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - Yale University Press London
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018   Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficie...
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This was a fun little exercise - I applied the 'Page 99' test to my latest book, The Long Death of Adolf Hitler. americareads.blogspot.com/2026/04/caro...
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Caroline Sharples's "The Long Death of Adolf Hitler"
Featured at the Page 99 Test: The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History by Caroline Sharples . About the book, from the pub...
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
First international sighting of #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler (that I'm aware of!) comes courtesy of the amazing @hdichter.bsky.social from Lancaster PA!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Wonderful turnout at the National Army Museum this lunchtime to hear yours truly speaking about the new book. Enormous thanks to all who came along in person - and to those who watched along online. So many great questions!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Had a great time chatting with @unilancashire.bsky.social History students last night about my new book. Such an engaged, enthusiastic & analytical cohort! Thanks so much @drbillyf.bsky.social for organising this!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Had a lovely time chatting to Baptiste from @lexpress.fr about my new book, 'The Long Death of Adolf Hitler'! www.lexpress.fr/idees-et-deb...
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"Il était méconnaissable" : la "longue" mort d’Hitler racontée par l’historienne Caroline Sharples
L'historienne britannique publie une enquête passionnante sur la "longue mort" du dictateur, de ses premières disparitions publiques dans les années 1930 à la découverte de 2018, et revient sur quatre...
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
#TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler spotted out in the wild in Leicester! Thank you @historyandrew.bsky.social for documenting this for me!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Thank you, Heather! 🙏
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Great to see the reviews starting to come in for my book! Thank you Paul and @historytoday.com for the kind words!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A timely piece by @alanlee99.bsky.social for History Matters about the rainbow flag... (And a reminder that we're still seeking London-based scholars working in queer and/or trans* studies & willing to participate in a research roundtable @ Roehampton Uni in May. Pls get in touch if that's you!)
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thank you very much for inviting me to speak about my new book! It was especially good to see so many engaged undergraduates in attendance - thank you for all your wonderful questions.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Looking forward to this event!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Good to see my little piece on Hitler's death appearing in print in today's @telegraph.co.uk!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
There's a rather lovely-looking history book display @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in Waterloo Station! 👀
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Had fun this morning signing my book at Southampton @waterstones.bsky.social!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
First sighting of the new book out in the wild! Thank you @sebastiangehrig.bsky.social for capturing this scene from Cambridge!
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StanleyBurtonCentre @uolsbc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This is a friendly reminder that we still have a few spots available for those who wish to register for our upcoming lecture, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 Registration links below👇
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The Knightleys @drrachelknightley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
At Barnes Bookshop with team @uni-roehampton.bsky.social @urlibrary.bsky.social celebrating @carolinesharples.bsky.social’s The Long Death of Adolf Hitler. This unique cultural history, rightly and impressively, gives no visuals of him or them.Great, thoughtful work from @yalepress.bsky.social
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Thank you, Heather. And to everyone else who packed out @wienerlibrary.bsky.social last night!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Publication day! 🥳 #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is officially out now! Thank you so much to the amazing team @yalebooks.bsky.social for making this possible, to everyone who has read drafts & offered feedback along the way, and to all those who are currently buying/reading it!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
When your feature for @telegraph.co.uk gets saddled with a totally misleading, clickbaity title that has nothing to do with the actual theme you were asked to write about... 🤦😒 (linked, reluctantly: www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...).
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The truth about what happened to Hitler’s corpse
There was no surviving witness to the dictator’s suicide on April 30 1945, which created a cultural vacuum ripe for myth-making
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Alan ✨ @alanlee99.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hello hello! I am looking for London-based scholars working in queer and/or trans* studies who would be willing to participate in a roundtable discussion on a research seminar being planned for May on my thesis, Symbols of Pride & the Politics of Queer Liberation. See below for more information.
A poster advertising details of the call for participants for a roundtable discussion mentioned in the post. Key details to note: The seminar will be held on-campus at the University of Roehampton. While the event will be hybrid, participants are asked to attend in-person. Current plans for the research seminar to be on a Thursday or Friday in May, but this is subject to the availability of participants. Anyone who is interested, or may know anyone they could recommend are asked to DM, and I am willing to provide my email for any inquiries here too.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
And while people are starting to review the book, here's a little reminder about a launch event happening next week! All welcome!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Privileged to be included in this list of forthcoming #HistoryBooks from @unseenhistories.com. Thanks so much for the review!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
London-based #history enthusiasts - there's just over a week to go before my #booklaunch at The Barnes Bookshop and the (free) tickets are going FAST! Don't miss your chance to hear about #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler! Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc... #BSkyhistorians #NewBooks
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BOOK LAUNCH: The Long Death of Adolf Hitler
Join Caroline Sharples in celebrating the launch of her brand new book, The Long Death of Adolf Hitler.
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The first reviews are coming in for my new book, #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler. Thanks so much to Aspects of History and History of War magazines for your kind words!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
📢 Publication day is looming for #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler! You can join me at The Barnes Bookshop, London on Thursday 12 March to hear more about the book, grab your copy - and enjoy some wine in the process! Booking essential via: www.eventbrite.com/e/1983442476... #BSkyhistorians #NewBooks 📚
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Enjoyed writing about my cultural history approach to #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler in the latest issue to Aspects of History... aspectsofhistory.com/product/subs...
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very pleased to see that the first media feature pertaining to my forthcoming book is out now with @bigissue.com! Thanks so much for giving me the opportunity to talk about why Hitler has had such a "long death": www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
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Why has Hitler taken so long to die?
The way that Hitler died is fundamentally unique in the history of 20th century dictators. But does that explain his cultural afterlife?
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Reposting to tag @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social in this time!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join us this Weds for the IHR Modern German History PhD Showcase! It features Lisa Dudek speaking on diplomatic strategy during the Cold War; & Lucy McCormick on Anglo-German relations and sensory experiences in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Details: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Modern German History
The Modern German History seminar focuses on the history of the German-speaking lands since the nineteenth century
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
First photo of the proud author holding her latest book! 😊 Thank you so much, Sally - and the whole @yalebooks.bsky.social team for the warm welcome & excellent questions!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Spotted not quite in the wild, but at least on the edge of release! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my new book today & for all your brilliant work during the publishing process. #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is out 10 March! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The amazing & incredibly generous @carolinepennock.bsky.social has beaten me to it! My book launch is coming soon @wienerlibrary.bsky.social. All welcome!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The latest episode in our Glimpses of German History series is now available!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Delighted to see the launch of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History'. If you're a History teacher, do consider using these films with your students as a prompt for entering the GHS Creative Research Contest. Details: www.germanhistorysociety.org/2025/09/17/c...
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Creative Research Contest 2025/26 – German History Society | Promoting the Study of German History Worldwide
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
📢 New series of the @germanhistsoc.bsky.social 'Glimpses of German History' videos coming soon! Featuring (among other things) denazification forms, stained glass windows & a samovar - all with their curious stories to tell about the past. youtu.be/qFinubQvf60?...
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Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer
YouTube video by German History Society
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Exactly what I thought when I first saw the cover design!
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Caroline Sharples @carolinesharples.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
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The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - Yale University Press London
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018   Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficie...
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