Churchill

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Learned, amusing, and acerbic. A very British book about a very British statesman and, above all, his enemies. From a ridiculed warmonger to a key figure in defeating Hitler and Prime Minister: when Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler in 1938, Churchill, then already 64 years old, was seen as a political failure. Two years later, he became the savior of the nation, embodying Britain's resistance against the Nazis. From 1940 to 1955, he led the Conservative Party and the country for nine years. However, during his era, Britain ultimately lost its status as a great power. Like the Cheshire Cat, only a broad grin remained. Andrew Roberts aims to capture the events of this period through incisive character portraits, arriving at provocative insights. He is not concerned with hero worship.