His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill
A Brief Life of Winston Churchill
$57.50
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2010
Summary
‘A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man’ - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest Man
A new and dynamic reappraisal of Winston Churchill, and his finest hour in 1940-1.
Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifty years after his death he is one of the most iconic figures in British history: as a young man he was a maverick journalist, his many positions in politics b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849010849 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849010846 |
| Author: | Christopher Catherwood |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 134mm x 200mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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Critics Review
Christopher Catherwood is a master at explaining complex historical issues in an admirably clear way. In this fascinating account of Churchill’s career he illustrates some very important features of 20th century history, at the same time as presenting a very human portrait of that great figure. This is a very fine book indeed.
A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man. - Graham Farmelo, author of The Strangest Man, winner of the Costa Biography Prize.About The Author
Christopher Catherwood
Christopher Catherwood is a leading scholar of Churchill. He is the supervisor at Homerton College Cambridge, and has been a research fellow at Churchill College. He is the author of Winston’s Folly and A Brief History of the Middle East.
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