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Churchill: A Life
The Official Biography
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The classic, bestselling, official biography of Winston Churchill, back in print for the first time in two decades. By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume – Daily Telegraph Drawing on decades of unprecedented access...
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Description
The classic, bestselling, official biography of Winston Churchill, back in print for the first time in two decades.
By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume – Daily Telegraph
Drawing on decades of unprecedented access to Winston Churchill's family and estate, this classic bestseller remains the definitive biography of Britain's greatest prime minister. At once intimate and vastly ambitious, it transforms our understanding of who Churchill was and what he accomplished.
A masterpiece of scholarship . . . Explores the strategic labyrinths of two world wars with an enviable clarity. – Guardian
Gilbert is, above all, a marshaller of material on a gigantic scale . . . The nakedness of the narrative proclaims its honesty, its unpretentiousness and its erudition. – The Times
One of the greatest histories of our time. – Margaret Thatcher
Genuinely riveting . . . Genius, courage, generosity, humour and imagination shine through. – Financial Times
A stupendous book. He has told the truth. – A. J. P. Taylor
The greatest adventure story of the century. – Sunday Telegraph
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781804949399
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 November 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 49.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 1011g
Pages: 1104
About the Author
Sir Martin Gilbert CBE was Winston Churchill's official biographer, and a leading historian of the twentieth century. An honorary fellow at Merton College, Oxford, he was knighted in 1995 'for service to British history and international relations'. He died in 2015.
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