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Churchill by Roy Jenkins

Far and away Churchill's best one-volume biography.--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

From acclaimed historian Roy Jenkins, a comprehensive portrait of Winston Churchill, an icon of modern history, from his childhood to the critical World War I period and beyond, in this definitive volume. A member of the House of Lords, 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.


Wryly astute. shrewd.--The Washington Post

Jenkins catches Churchill's studied self-inspection with the sure-shot sharpness of an expert portraitist.--Simon Schama, The New York Review of Books

Churchill stands forth with Shakespearean bravura as the necessary hero for the most testing moment of national (and world) crisis. A satisfying summation of an unsurpassed life.--The San Diego Union-Tribune

Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, Jenkins (1920- 2003) served in several major posts in Harold Wilson's First Government and as Home Secretary from 1965-1967. In 1987, Jenkins was elected to succeed Harold Macmillan as Chancellor of the University of Oxford following the latter's death, a position he held until his death. Jenkins grew to political maturity during the twilight of a great age of British parliamentary democracy. As much as Churchill, though in quite a different way, Jenkins has been from the cradle a creature of the system that nurtured Palmerston and Disraeli, Gladstone, Asquith and Lloyd George.

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ISBN 13 9780374123543
ISBN 10 0374123543
Title Churchill
Author Roy Jenkins
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Binding type Hardback
Publisher Hill & Wang
Year published 2001-11-15
Number of pages 736
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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