Benjamin Carter Hett

Benjamin Carter Hett practiced commercial litigation for four years before dropping out to retrain as a historian. He is the author of seven books, including “The Death of Democracy: Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic” (Henry Holt, 2018), winner of the Vine Award for History, named one of the year’s best books by The Times of London and the Daily Telegraph, and a Jeopardy clue in 2025.