Churchill
Subtitle: the unexpected hero
By: Paul Addison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Politics and government; Prime ministers; Biography
Description: "In this incisive biography, Paul Addison examines both the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century British history, and the battle over his reputation, which continues to this day."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: The youngest man in Europe, 1874-1901; title: The renegade, 1901-1911; title: The Lilliput Napoleon, 1911-1915; title: The Winstonburg line, 1915-1924; title: Respectability won and lost, 1924-1939; title: The making of a hero, 1939-1945; title: Climbing Olympus, 1945-1965; title: Churchill past and present.