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Intriguingly candid portrait of Britain's wartime leader.

If history, leadership, and epic personas fascinate you, Andrew Roberts' "Churchill: Walking With Destiny" is right up your alley. Roberts offers a vivid and insightful exploration of Churchill's life, providing not just a historical account but an intimate look at the man behind the legend. It's a fresh take even for those who have read other Churchill biographies, filled with rich details that bring the past to life. Perfect for anyone yearning to understand the complexities of a man who shaped history.

  • Arthur Ross Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Plutarch Award Nominee (2019)
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny

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ISBN: 9780241205631
Authors: Andrew Roberts
Publisher: Viking
Date of Publication: 2018-11-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 4.38
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A landmark reconsideration of the iconoclastic war leader, based on extensive new material, from private letters to war cabinet meetings, by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War. When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the visionary leader, immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In The Storm of War, Andrew Roberts gave us a tantalizing glimpse of Churchill the war leader. Now, at last, we have the full and definitive biography, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable, about one of the great leaders of all time. Roberts was granted exclusive access to extensive new material: the transcripts of war cabinet meetings - the equivalent of the Nixon and JFK tapes - diaries, letters, unpublished memoirs, and detailed notes taken by the king after their bi-weekly meetings. Having read every one of Churchill's letters, including deeply personal ones that Churchill's son Randolph had previously chosen to withhold, and spoken to more than one hundred people who knew or worked with him, Roberts identifies the hidden forces fueling Churchill's drive. Churchill put his faith in the British Empire and fought as hard to preserve it as
 

Intriguingly candid portrait of Britain's wartime leader.

If history, leadership, and epic personas fascinate you, Andrew Roberts' "Churchill: Walking With Destiny" is right up your alley. Roberts offers a vivid and insightful exploration of Churchill's life, providing not just a historical account but an intimate look at the man behind the legend. It's a fresh take even for those who have read other Churchill biographies, filled with rich details that bring the past to life. Perfect for anyone yearning to understand the complexities of a man who shaped history.

  • Arthur Ross Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Plutarch Award Nominee (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.