Subject: History
The fifth volume of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill opens with Churchill’s return to Conservatism and to the Cabinet in 1924, and, as the story unfolds, presents a vivid and intimate picture both of his public life and of his private world and Chartwell between wars.
As Chancellor of [...]
Winston S. Churchill: World In Torment, 1916-1922 is the fourth volume of the definitive biography of Winston S. Churchill. Covering the years 1917 to 1922, Martin Gilbert’s fascinating account carefully traces Churchill’s wide-ranging activities and shows how, by his persuasive oratory, administrative skill, and masterful contributions to Cabinet discussions, Churchill regained, [...]
[ Read more ]Volume II of the magisterial eight-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill takes Churchill’s story from his entry to Parliament in 1901 to the outbreak of war in 1914. When he took his seat in the House of Commons he was twenty-six years old. An independent spirit and rebel, on his maiden [...]
[ Read more ]In the definitive biography of Sir Winston Churchill, of which this is the first of eight volumes, Randolph Churchill – and later Sir Martin Gilbert, who took up the work following Randolph’s death in 1968 – had the full use of Sir Winston’s letters and papers, and also carried out [...]
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