Book description
This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full
range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. perhaps the greatest
political figure of modern times, Churchill's achievement extended well
beyond his emblematic role in the Second World War. Piers Brendon brings
great wit and dozens of pungent anecdotes to this penetrating account,
illuminating the 'monstrous compound' of courage and egotism, rudeness
and humour, brutality and compassion that was Winston Churchill. What
emerges from these pages is one of the most fascinating and colourful
figures of the twentieth century. To rescue Churchill from being buried
under millions of words Piers Brendon has written a brief but brilliant
profile of the colossus. Piers Brendon is the author of a dozen books,
including biographies of Churchill and Eisenhower, the bestselling
Eminent Edwardians,
and, most recently, The Dark Valley
, a hugely acclaimed history of the 1930s. He also writes for television
and contributes regularly to the national press. He is a Fellow of
Churchill College, Cambridge.
