Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts (English) Paperback Book

Description: Churchill by Andrew Roberts The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britains bestselling historiansWinston 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.There 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 Churchills 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 good 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 fathers 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Andrew Roberts (Lord Roberts of Belgravia) is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury- Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award), The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize), Napoleon the Great (winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize), and George III (winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography). Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at Kings College, London, and the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is www.andrew-roberts.net. Review This terrific book, which bursts with character, humour and incident on almost every page ... is undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *The best single-volume life imaginable -- Simon Heffer * Sunday Telegraph *Its the sort of biography that, one feels, Churchill himself would have wanted. Colossal, energetic, deeply knowledgeable, properly critical, but also sympathetic and, in places, deliciously funny -- Noel Malcolm * Sunday Telegraph *An original portrait of an all-too-familiar figure ... He enriches the saga with wonderful examples of Churchills aristocratic eccentricity, glittering oratory and wit -- Piers Brendon * Literary Review *Roberts has produced a more complete picture of his subject than any previous biography. His certainly knocks into a cocked hat Boris Johnsons boisterously self-referential effort of a few years ago * Economist *A stupendous achievement: lucid, erudite, intelligent, but also inspiring. Roberts catches the imperishable grandeur of Churchills life as no other historian has done -- Daniel Johnson * Standpoint *As Andrew Roberts reminds us in this epic biography ... Churchills career provides ample proof that fact can be far more extraordinary than fiction -- Nick Rennison * Daily Mail *A work of unequalled scholarship. Read it and you will not have to bother with the previous 1,000 biographies -- Paul Routledge * Tablet *A heroic biography, appropriately matched to the ambition, egotism and undoubted achievement of the life it describes -- John Campbell * Finest Hour *Brilliant, breathtaking, unputdownable ... All Robertss past life has been but a preparation for this hour and this work, and this brilliant book is a fitting crown to his own career -- Michael Gove * Evening Standard *In a single volume, Andrew Roberts has captured the essence of one of the worlds most impactful, most memorable statesmen. It is the crowning achievement of his career - and will become the definitive biography of its subject. -- Henry Kissinger Promotional The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britains bestselling historians. Review Text This terrific book, which bursts with character, humour and incident on almost every page ... is undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written Review Quote This terrific book, which bursts with character, humour and incident on almost every page ... is undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written--Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times The best single-volume life imaginable--Simon Heffer, Sunday Telegraph Its the sort of biography that, one feels, Churchill himself would have wanted. Colossal, energetic, deeply knowledgeable, properly critical, but also sympathetic and, in places, deliciously funny--Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph An original portrait of an all-too-familiar figure ... He enriches the saga with wonderful examples of Churchills aristocratic eccentricity, glittering oratory and wit--Piers Brendon, Literary Review Roberts has produced a more complete picture of his subject than any previous biography. His certainly knocks into a cocked hat Boris Johnsons boisterously self-referential effort of a few years ago-- Economist A stupendous achievement: lucid, erudite, intelligent, but also inspiring. Roberts catches the imperishable grandeur of Churchills life as no other historian has done--Daniel Johnson, Standpoint As Andrew Roberts reminds us in this epic biography ... Churchills career provides ample proof that fact can be far more extraordinary than fiction--Nick Rennison, Daily Mail A work of unequalled scholarship. Read it and you will not have to bother with the previous 1,000 biographies--Paul Routledge, Tablet A heroic biography, appropriately matched to the ambition, egotism and undoubted achievement of the life it describes--John Campbell, Finest Hour Brilliant, breathtaking, unputdownable ... All Robertss past life has been but a preparation for this hour and this work, and this brilliant book is a fitting crown to his own career--Michael Gove, Evening Standard In a single volume, Andrew Roberts has captured the essence of one of the worlds most impactful, most memorable statesmen. It is the crowning achievement of his career - and will become the definitive biography of its subject.--Henry Kissinger Promotional "Headline" The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britains bestselling historians Details ISBN0141981253 Author Andrew Roberts Pages 1152 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 0141981253 ISBN-13 9780141981253 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-09-05 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle Walking with Destiny Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 941.084092 Short Title Churchill Language English Media Book UK Release Date 2019-09-05 Narrator Simon Russell Beale Illustrator Pablo Tunica Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Illustrations 32 pp b/w inset Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-09-16 AU Release Date 2019-09-16 Alternative 9780241742204 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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