Double standards the rudolf hess cover up by lynn picknett clive prince stephen prior robert brydon contributor 372 rating details 53 ratings 2 reviews for sixty years there has been an unprecedented cover up by both the british establishment and successive generations of historians about the flight of hitlers deputy rudolf hess to scotland in may 1941 long dismissed as the . There are not many german books about rudolf hess by contrast the book list presented in double standards gives us a dozen british or us titles dealing specifically with the man and many more in which hess plays a part. Double standards the rudolf hess cover up lynn picknett clive prince stephen prior little brown 2001 germany 578 pages 0 reviews for sixty years there has been an unprecedented cover up by both the british establishment and successive generations of historians about the flight of hitlers deputy rudolf hess to scotland in may 1941 long dismissed as the misguided attempt of a . For sixty years there has been an unprecedented cover up by both the british establishment and successive generations of historians about the flight of hitlers deputy rudolf hess to scotland in may 1941 long dismissed as the misguided attempt of a madman to make contact with a non existent british peace party double standards explosively reveals that hesss peace mission was one of the . On the eve of operation barbarossa the hess double deceived the russians into believing that there was dissension within the nazi high command and the double deceived the new jer usa lem into believing that hitler and churchill were enemies the real rudolf he ss april 26 1894 august 25 1942