Harold Macmillan
"Utterly compelling."  —Martin Gilbert, author,Churchill: A Life"A splendid popular biography . . . recounted with verve and anecdotal warmth, along with fresh appraisals of de Gaulle's career as soldier, politician, and head of state."—Publishers WeeklyonThe Last Great Frenchman"In this work of cool authority, Williams . . . accomplishes one of the most difficult of the historian’s tasks: he strips away what we know now in order to reveal what his subjects knew then.” —The Atlantic MonthlyonPétain