The Knight, Death, and the Devil

This biographical novel portrays Nazi leader Hermann Goring's contradictory shift from sentimentalist and romantic patriot to military and political strategist, commander of the Luftwaffe and creator of the Gestapo. ``Although Goring remains essentially an enigmatic and unappealing character, the growth of his complicity in his country's moral depravity makes absorbing reading,'' said PW. (Apr.)