Summary
From the admiralty to the miner’s strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his personal writing and cautioning against a powerful Soviet Russia in his later years in office, his larger-than-life and complex personality has continued to fascinate writers and historians.
In this comprehensive biography, Roy Jenkins faithfully presents th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509867967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509867961 |
| Author: | Roy Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1072 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 736g |
| Dimensions: | 49mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year.
There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year. – Robert McCrum * Observer *
This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography. – Andrew Roberts * Sunday Telegraph *
Lord Jenkins of Hillhead is an outstanding biographer … it has the narrative power, sweep and sparkle of the author in his prime. – John Grigg * Times *
Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins was the author of many books, including Churchill and Gladstone, which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Active in British politics for half a century, he entered the House of Commons in 1948 and subsequently served as Minister of Aviation, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer; he was also the President of the European Commission and Chancellor of Oxford University. In 1987 he took his seat in the House of Lords. He died in January 2003.
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