num_pages: 1024
description: Acclaimed historian Roy Jenkins presents a comprehensive biography of Winston Churchill, an icon of modern history, from his childhood to the critical World War II period and beyond—a  New York Times bestseller.“This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography… It will be a brave, not to say foolhardy, author who attempts to write another life of Churchill for at least a decade, perhaps longer.”—Andrew Roberts,  Sunday Telegraph  Roy Jenkins combines unparalleled command of British political history and his own high-level government experience in a narrative account of Churchill's astounding career that is unmatched in its shrewd insights, its unforgettable anecdotes, the clarity of its overarching themes, and the author's nuanced appreciation of his extraordinary subject.Exceptional in its breadth of knowledge and distinguished in its stylish wit and penetrating intelligence, Churchill is one of the finest political biographies of our time.
language: English
title: Churchill: A Biography
titlecomplete: Churchill: A Biography
characters: Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lord Randolph Churchill, Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, David Lloyd George, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald
genres: British Literature, Historical, History, World War II, Biography Memoir, Biography, Audiobook, Leadership, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 5339
series: Inimene ja ajalugu
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Plume