Churchill: A Life
Distilled from years of meticulous research and documentation, filled with material unavailable when the earliest books of the official biography's eight volumes went to press, Churchill is a brilliant marriage of the hard facts of the public life and the intimate details of the private man. The result is a vital portrait of one of the most remarkable men of any age as well as a revealing depiction of a man of extraordinary courage and imagination.\ \ \ After...
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This edition of the highly acclaimed, one-volume Churchill: A Life, is a story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision.Martin Gilbert gives us a vivid portrait, using Churchill's most personal letters and the recollections of his contemporaries, both friends and enemies, to go behind the scenes of some of the stormiest and most fascinating political events of our time, dominated by two world wars, and culminating in the era of the Iron Curtain and the hydrogen bomb. Publishers Weekly Author of an eight-volume official biography of Winston Churchill, Gilbert here distills his vast knowledge into a lucid, comprehensive and authoritative life of the man considered by many to have been the outstanding public figure of the 20th century. Photos. (Oct.)
IllustrationsixList of MapsxvPrefacexviiAcknowledgementsxxi1Childhood12Harrow193Towards the Army354Second Lieutenant515In Action756To Omdurman and beyond857South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape1078Into Parliament1339Revolt and Responsibilities16710The Social Field19311Home Secretary21112At the Admiralty23913The Coming of War in 191426314War27715Isolation and Escape30916In the Trenches33117'Deep and Ceaseless Torments'36118Minister of Munitions37519At the War Office40320Colonial Secretary43121Return to the Wilderness45522At the Exchequer46723Out of Office49124The Moment of Truth53525No Place for Churchill57126From Munich to War60327Return to the Admiralty62328Prime Minister64529Britain at Bay67930The Widening War70131Planning for Victory73532Illness and Recovery76333Normandy and Beyond77734War and Diplomacy80335'Advance, Britannia!'82936'An Iron Curtain'84337Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future87138Prime Minister in Peacetime89939Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation91540Last Years943Maps961Index983
\ From the Publisher"Mr. Gilbert's job was to bring alive before his readers a man of extraordinary genius and scarcely less extraordinary destiny. He has done so triumphantly."-Hugh Brogan, The New York Times Book Review\ "A richly textured and deeply moving portrait of greatness."—The Los Angeles Times\ "By far the most lucid, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume. It furnishes a crown to Gilbert's already prodigious labors."—Philip Ziegler, The Telegraph (London)\ "It would seem impossible to distill the eight volumes of Churchill's authorized biography into a single volume, even one of a thousand pages. But that is what Martin Gilbert has done, and the result does not seem pinched at all. It is of course a grand story."—The Washington Post Book World\ "The most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written . . . essential diplomatic history and enlightening personal history."—Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times\ \ \ \ \ \ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Author of an eight-volume official biography of Winston Churchill, Gilbert here distills his vast knowledge into a lucid, comprehensive and authoritative life of the man considered by many to have been the outstanding public figure of the 20th century. Photos. (Oct.)\ \ \ BooknewsIn 1988, British historian Gilbert completed the eighth and final volume of the official biography of Churchill (1874-1965). Now, drawing on his 25 years of research and his privileged access to Churchill's personal, political, and secret archives, he presents a single-volume biography of the great statesman that melds the hard facts of the public life and the intimate details of the private man. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
