Best biographies of winston churchill
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March 7,
Finest Hour , Winter
Page 44
By David Freeman
Since , when Alexander MacCallum Scott produced his account of an exciting year-old Liberal MP named Winston Churchill, biographies of Britain’s greatest statesman have proliferated. One bibliographer cataloged twenty-six biographies published in Churchill’s lifetime; another, thirty-six between Churchill’s death in and the end of the 20th century. And that is just counting the ones written in English.
The 21st century has seen no diminution. Churchill loved a good race and might appreciate the steady efforts made by his chroniclers to overtake major historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Napoleon Bonaparte in the multiple-biography sweepstakes. But where should readers begin?
I am often asked to recommend a good Churchill biography. Before answering, I consider the potential reader’s background and ask questions about what sort of book is sought. More information is required than simply whether t
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Reading the Best Biographies of All Time
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
by Andrew Roberts
1, pages
Viking
Published: October
Andrew Roberts&#;s biography &#;Churchill: Walking with Destiny&#; was published in the fall of and quickly became a bestseller in both the US and UK. Roberts is an award-winning British author and journalist who has written more than a dozen books including &#;Napoleon: A Life&#; (which inspired a BBC tv series), &#;The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War&#; and &#;House of Windsor.&#;
Within weeks of its release this book was hailed as one of the very best single-volume biographies of Winston Churchill ever published. Because this is the first biography of Churchill I&#;ve read, I am unable to offer an opinion on the matter. What is clear to me, however, is that Roberts&#;s biography of Churchill is magisterial, impressively thorough and keenly perceptive. It also benefits from the author&#;s access to personal papers and notes
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Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
From comprehensive biographies to introductions for children, historian and broadcaster David Reynolds selects five books about former prime minister Winston Churchill.
Churchill: Walking with Destiny bygd Andrew Roberts
A huge but highly readable life bygd a mästare of heroic biography. Not uncritical, but depicting what others consider Churchill’s failures to be learning experiences that fortified him along destiny’s road.
Churchill by Roy Jenkins
Now two decades old and not a work of original research, but valuable because of the author’s own insights as a parliamentarian, a former chancellor and an accomplished author – not to mention their shared appreciation of food and drink.
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