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Churchill
Churchill: 'A full and wholly fair representation of the most adventurous life in the history of British politics...there is not a word I would have changed in the text of this excellent graphical account' - Andrew Roberts.
'A wholly original and fresh approach to historical biography. Churchill would have been delighted to be a comic book hero!' - Phil Reed, Emeritus Director, Churchill War Rooms.
'A novel and riveting re-telling of the Churchill legend' - Professor Gary Sheffield.
'A highly original approach, using the comic strip style to tell his story. With magnificent artwork and a lively text, and a foreword by the historian and biographer Andrew Roberts, it captures all the drama and excitement of his long life up to the victory over Nazi Germany' - Leo McKinstry, author of Attlee and Churchill.
'This biography presents Churchillβs part in this conflict in a detailed yet inventive manner, making this accessible for people of all ages and knowledge' - Comic-Watch.com.
This innovative graphic biography of Churchill tells his extraordinary story, from his upbringing, through his military exploits and experience of the First World War, to his pivotal role in the Second World War. It explores the details of Churchillβs life within its historical and political context and brings the story to vivid life with precision, clarity and stunning visuals.
With a foreword by leading historian Andrew Roberts, the biography is followed by a series of background information.
Beautifully drawn, bursting with facts and highly accessible, this graphic biography will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Churchillβs incredible career and important legacy.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805002284
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Greenhill Books
Contributors:
- Foreword by Andrew Roberts
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 235.0mm
Height: 312.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 112
About the Author
Andrew Roberts is a British historian and journalist. His modern works have focused on World War II figures, and his work was the basis for the BBC seriesΒ Hitler and ChurchillΒ (2013). He won the 2010 British Army Military Book of the Year forΒ The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World WarΒ (2009) and the Prix du Jury des Grand Prix de la Fondation NapolΓ©on in 2014 for won the award forΒ Napoleon the Great. Roberts is currently a Visiting Professor at Kingβs College London and a Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New York Historical Society. He regularly writes for publications such asΒ The SpectatorΒ andΒ The Daily Telegraph. Born in 1948, FranΓ§ois Kersaudy, OBE, FRSL, is a former research fellow at Keble College, Oxford, and a professor at the University of Paris I - PanthΓ©on-Sorbonne. Known in the UK for this two books Churchill and de Gaulle and Norway 1940 (Collins, 1981 and 1990 ) he also wrote the only French biographies of Goering, Mountbatten and MacArthur, and is best known in France for his prize-winning biography of Winston Churchill (Tallandier, 2000). Professor Kersaudy is also a chronicler writing for the French weekly Le Point.fr.
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