Churchill. La vita politica e privata

This compelling and comprehensive volume by the greatest living historian of the 20th century, is the definitive biography of Winston Churchill. The book particularly stresses what a great humanitarian and opponent of all forms of tyranny, that Churchill was. As a young Member of Parliament , Churchil Leggi tutto

I read the last chapter of this book (which took me over HALF A YEAR to read) while smoking a cigar. It felt necessary. --- For a time, Great Britain stood alone against Hitler's Germany. As the mainland of Europe crumbled before the Nazi advance, the British held firm, resolved never to surrender, an Leggi tutto

I've long wanted to read the biography of Winston Churchill, one of the true giants of modern history and I would be hard pressed to find a better one-volume biography than this one. The author, Martin Gilbert, is known as Churchill's official biographer so there are few people who know the facts be Leggi tutto

I need to discover more about the term 'official biographer.' I assume full access to the subject's personal documents. Is the tacit tradeoff that content is limited to facts? This bio caused me to ponder official biographer-ology. If it hadn't been Winston as the subject, this style of writing woul Leggi tutto

Martin Gilbert's biography of Sir Winston Churchill is a straightforward account of the life of one of the great (if not the greatest) statesmen in British history. Considering how long British history goes, that is quite a thing to be. His career was long and enduring; it began in the reign of Quee Leggi tutto

More hero worship and we are told this is the full facts about the man who is a hero to the Western world. A warmonger, murderer, imperialist, but lets not mention all that. Oh, guess what? They didn't. Continue worshiping.

Foi uma leitura demorada, mas não por ser aborrecida. Foi um daqueles livros em que não queremos chegar ao fim. É um livro extraordinário, sobre um dos homens mais extraordinários de sempre, escrito por um autor/historiador fantástico. Não me parece uma biografia adequada para todos, já que é muito Leggi tutto

It was more of a chronicle than a history. It recounted a list of facts and events that happened during Churchill's long career, but despite all the pedantic ideas that it dwelt on I never really thought that I was getting insight into Churchill's deeply cherished beliefs or ideals. I wish I'd have