Churchill's shadow : an astonishing life and a dangerous legacy
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey2023
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'Provocative, clear-sighted, richly textured and wonderfully readable, this is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' David KynastonIn A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character.Giving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics.Telling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, Churchill's Shadow focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.'Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written' New York Times'A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth' Robert Gildea
Main title:
Churchill's shadow : an astonishing life and a dangerous legacy / Geoffrey Wheatcroft.
Author:
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2023.
Collation:
496 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529110999 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.084092920 CHU941.084B/CHUR920941.084 WHEA941.084 WHEB
Language:
English
BRN:
2348163
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