Churchill's Shadow

An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy

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<p><b>'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship' Robert Harris<br><br>A radical biography for a new generation</b><br><br>In A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character.<br><br>Giving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics.<br><br>Telling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, <i>Churchill's Shadow</i> focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.<br><br><b>'This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' David Kynaston, author of <i>On the Cusp: Days of '62</i></b><br><br><b>'Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth' Robert Gildea, author of <i>Empires of the Mind</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529110999

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 128 x 44 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Vintage Publishing