Churchill : a life / Martin Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Martin, 1936-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 1066 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pimlico, 2000.

Summary:

Martin Gilbert's highly acclaimed, one-volume Churchill: A Life is a story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision. Martin Gilbert gives us a vivid portrait, using Churchill's most personal letters and the recollections of his contemporaries, both friends and enemies, to go behind the scenes of some of the stormiest and most fascinating political events of our time, dominated by two world wars, and culminating in the era of the Iron Curtain and the hydrogen bomb.

Contents:

1 Childhood 1

2 Harrow 19

3 Towards the Army 35

4 Second Lieutenant 51

5 In Action 75

6 To Omdurman and beyond 85

7 South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape 107

8 Into Parliament 133

9 Revolt and Responsibilities 167

10 The Social Field 193

11 Home Secretary 211

12 At the Admiralty 239

13 The Coming of War in 1914 263

14 War 277

15 Isolation and Escape 309

16 In the Trenches 331

17 'Deep and Ceaseless Torments' 361

18 Minister of Munitions 375

19 At the War Office 403

20 Colonial Secretary 431

21 Return to the Wilderness 455

22 At the Exchequer 467

23 Out of Office 491

24 The Moment of Truth 535

25 No Place for Churchill 571

26 From Munich to War 603

27 Return to the Admiralty 623

28 Prime Minister 645

29 Britain at Bay 679

30 The Widening War 701

31 Planning for Victory 735

32 Illness and Recovery 763

33 Normandy and Beyond 777

34 War and Diplomacy 803

35 'Advance, Britannia!' 829

36 'An Iron Curtain' 843

37 Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future 871

38 Prime Minister in Peacetime 899

39 Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation 915

40 Last Years 943.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1991.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0712667253

OCLC:

43417989