{"product_id":"churchill-3","title":"Churchill [HARDCOVER] (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty New sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his Used humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. In depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a magnificent one-volume biography of an extraordinary life. In some ways a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, Churchill is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey. \"There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year.\" Robert McCrum, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography \" Andrew Roberts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \"Lord Jenkins of Hillhead is an outstanding biographer...it has the narrative power, sweep and sparkle of the author in his prime. \" John Grigg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTimes\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44273183228161,"sku":"2SWWUL9FL-Used","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/CHURCHIL.jpg?v=1668149408","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/churchill-3","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}