Churchill Walking with Destiny
Churchill Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts, published by Penguin Books in 2018, is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life of Winston Churchill, a pivotal figure in twentieth-century British history. This edition spans 1105 pages and presents a fresh perspective on Churchill’s character and contributions, drawing from over forty new sources, including previously unpublished private diaries of King George VI. The book aims to portray Churchill in a nuanced light, acknowledging both his strengths and flaws while exploring the complexities of his personality.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of Churchill’s life, highlighting his remarkable capacity for work, his strategic vision, and his resilience in the face of adversity. The biography also reflects on his relationships and emotional depth, revealing insights into his motivations and the historical context of his actions during significant events, particularly World War II. With its focus on biography, history, and military and political themes, this work offers a detailed account of Churchill’s legacy and the factors that shaped his leadership during a tumultuous era.
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain’s most acclaimed historians
Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.
There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill’s faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality – his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father’s death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.
During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. ‘It was the same whenever we met’, wrote the young man, ‘I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.’ Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s emissary, wrote ‘Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.’ Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill’s essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, ‘I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.’
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