Churchill ebook | Brenda Ralph Lewis | 9781907446450

As a young man, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill set out to become a hero; he would exceed everyone's expectations, save perhaps his own. Few statesmen have received so many honours as he did over the course of his career. Although several have received the Nobel Peace Prize, none save Churchill have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His was a career that had no parallel in British history for richness, range, length and achievement. Churchill took a leading part in laying the foundations of the welfare state in Britain, in preparing the Royal Navy for World War I, and in settling the political boundaries in the Middle East after the war. In World War II he emerged as the leader of the resistance against German domination of Europe and as a prime architect of victory. In this, and in the later struggle against communism, he made himself an indispensable link between the British and American peoples. However the book is no hagiography, and Churchill’s many errors and misjudgements are also covered in full, such as his scheme to use large icebergs as aircraft carriers. With full-colour and black-and-white photographs, many of which have not been seen since their first publication, Churchill covers the whole of the life of this most colourful of men, a statesman whose range of achievements are unlikely to be matched by any future politician.

Brenda Ralph Lewis is an author and magazine journalist who has also written radio and television documentaries. Her books currently number over 100 and her articles many hundreds more. Subjects include history — ancient and modern, myth and legend, animal and insect life, archaeology and genealogy. She is also the author of Dark History of the Kings & Queens of Europe. She lives in Buckinghamshire, UK.