Churchill


Churchill and his wife Clementine arrive at a pre-election service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, 1950. Churchill went on to win the election in a famous victory – there was life left in the old dog after all!

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He was the wartime leader who played a major role in saving Britain and the free world. While Hitler threatened the existence of western civilization, Winston Churchill stood firm, and with his actions and inspiring words he rallied people to first oppose and then defeat the evil of Nazism. 


He was a hero to many, an enemy to some, a complex, contradictory, and endlessly fascinating man who was born during the height of the Victorian era and the British Empire, and he left center stage in the nuclear age. Churchill was an extraordinary man who shaped extraordinary times.


This superb publication is an unmissable guide to the life and career of Winston Churchill. It provides a detailed, fully-illustrated study that considers his successes and setbacks, his achievements and controversies, and the remarkable times in which he lived. 


The stories of Churchill the youthful adventurer, the peacetime politician, and the wartime leader combine to create the full portrait of one of the 20th century’s most compelling figures.


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