Churchill by Roy Jenkins
From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. In depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a magnificent one-volume biography of an extraordinary life. In some ways a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, Churchill is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey.
Roy Jenkins' Churchill is an exhaustive biographical picture of one of the most enigmatic and important figures of the 20th centuryFrom the Admiralty to the miners' strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Roy Jenkins deals with these events in an objective and accessible fashion, while also successfully conveying the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's divided character. In-depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a striking one-volume biography of an extraordinary life written by a man who knows the cut-throat world of politics very well indeed. As a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, Jenkins' Churchill is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey.
Roy Jenkins was the author of many books, including Churchill and Gladstone, which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Active in British politics for half a century, he entered the House of Commons in 1948 and subsequently served as Minister of Aviation, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer; he was also the President of the European Commission and Chancellor of Oxford University. In 1987 he took his seat in the House of Lords. He died in January 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333782903 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333782909 |
| Titel | Churchill |
| Autor | Roy Jenkins |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Pan Macmillan |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2001-10-12 |
| Seitenanzahl | 1024 |
| Preise | Winner of National Book Awards Biography of the Year 2003 (UK), Short-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2002 (UK) |
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