A lucid, comprehensive and authoritative life of the man considered by many to have been the outstanding public figure of the 20th century. Churchill: A Life book by Martin Gilbert ReadingRewards: Earn 2x points on all Childrens Books Biography Books > European Biographies ISBN: 043935806X ISBN13: 9780439358064 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5 in the Harry Potter Series) by Martin Gilbert See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4. The author of more than 80 history books and atlases, he often wrote on.

Gilbert describes the painful decade of Churchill's political exile (1929-1939) and shows how it strengthened him and prepared him for his role in the ``hour of supreme crisis'' as Britain's wartime leader. Sir Martin Gilbert, the distinguished historian and official biographer of Winston Churchill, has died aged 78. Gilbert lays particular stress on the extraordinary vitality and boldness that characterized Churchill's overlapping careers as soldier, journalist, parliamentarian, cabinet minister (he held eight cabinet posts before his appointment as prime minister in 1940), statesman and historian.

Related in strict chronological fashion, it is a full and rounded examination of Churchill's life, both in its personal and political aspects. Norton & Company, 1993 - World War, 1939-1945 - 1888 pages 2 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. First Edition Published in 1981 by MacMillan London Limited. Following up his eight-volume official biography of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Gilbert offers this 1000-page summary that is basically a distillation of all he has written about his subject up to now. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years by Martin Gilbert.

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