{{short description|1978 novel by Beryl Bainbridge}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book |image = YoungAdolf.jpg |alt = |caption = Cover of the first edition |author = Beryl Bainbridge |country = London, England, United Kingdom |language = English |subject = Adolf Hitler |genre = Novel |set_in = Liverpool |publisher = Gerald Duckworth & Co. |pub_date = 1978 |media_type = Print |pages = 174 |awards = |isbn = 978-0-7156-1323-8 |oclc = |dewey = |congress = |preceded_by = <!-- for books in a series --> |followed_by = <!-- for books in a series --> }} '''''Young Adolf'''''<ref>{{cite book|author=Beryl Bainbridge|title=Young Adolf|url=https://archive.org/details/youngadolf00bain/page/n6/mode/1up|location=London|publisher=Gerald Duckworth & Co.|year=1978|isbn=978-0-7156-1323-8}}</ref> is a novel<ref name="nla">{{Cite book|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2621775|title=Young Adolf|first=Beryl|last=Bainbridge|date=November 20, 1978|publisher=Duckworth|isbn=9780715613238|access-date=November 20, 2019|via=National Library of Australia (new catalog)}}</ref> written by author Beryl Bainbridge, and first published in 1978 by Duckworth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/beryl-bainbridge|title=Beryl Bainbridge|website=British Council Literature|publisher=British Council|access-date=2016-01-26}}</ref> Presented as biographical fiction, the book's main character is 23-year-old Adolf Hitler.<ref name="GoogleBooks">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51sPAAAAMAAJ&q=Beryl+Bainbridge+Young+Adolf|title=Young Adolf|first=Beryl|last=Bainbridge|date=November 20, 1979|publisher=Braziller|isbn=9780807609101|access-date=November 20, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref> Hitler visits relatives in Liverpool, where he gets into serious trouble with the English.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite book|title=Young Adolf|last=Bainbridge|first= Beryl|date=21 September 1995|publisher=Carroll & Graf|isbn=978-0786702589}}</ref>
The book was adapted for television as ''The Journal of Bridget Hitler'' in 1981.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121224115953/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/252146 BFI.org]</ref>
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Category:1978 British novels Category:Biographical novels Category:British novels adapted into television shows Category:Gerald Duckworth and Company books Category:Novels about Adolf Hitler Category:Novels by Beryl Bainbridge Category:Novels set in Liverpool
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