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Author Roberts, Andrew, 1963- author.

Title Churchill : walking with destiny / Andrew Roberts.

Publication Info. [New York] : Viking, [2018]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CHURCHILL, WINSTON    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B CHURCH    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY CHURCHHILL    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL W.    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL WINSTON R    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL, WINSTON    Check Shelf

Description xix, 1105 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [983]-1044) and index.
Contents Part one: The preparation. A famous name : November 1874-January 1895 ; Ambition under fire : January 1895-July 1898 ; From Omdurman to Oldham via Pretoria : August 1898-October 1900 ; Crossing the floor : October 1900-December 1905 ; Liberal imperialist : January 1906-April 1908 ; Love and liberalism : April 1908-February 1910 ; Home Secretary : February 1910-September 1911 ; First Lord of the Admiralty : October 1911-August 1914 ; 'This glorious, delicious war' : August 1911-March 1915 ; Gallipoli : March-November 1915 ; Plug Street to victory : November 1915- November 1918 ; Coalition politics : November 1918-November 1922 ; Redemption : November 1922-May 1926 ; Crash : June 1926-January 1931 ; Into the wilderness : January 1931-October 1933 ; Sounding the alarm : October 1933-March 1936 ; Apotheosis of appeasement : March 1936-October 1938 ; Vindication : October 1938-September 1939 ; 'Winston is back' : September 1939-May 1940 ; Seizing the premiership : May 1940 -- Part two: The trial. The fall of France : May-June 1940 ; The Battle of Britain : June-September 1940 ; The Blitz : September 1940-January 1941 ; 'Keep buggering on' : January-June 1941 ; 'Being met together' : June 1941-January 1942. ; Disaster : January-June 1942 ; Desert victory : June-November 1942 ; 'One continent redeemed' : November 1942-September 1943 ; The hard underbelly : September 1943-June 1944 ; Liberation : June 1944-January 1945 ; Victory and defeat : January-July 1945 ; Opposition : August 1945-October 1951 ; Indian summer : October 1951-April 1955 ; 'Long sunset' : April 1955-January 1965 ; Conclusion : 'Walking with destiny'.
Summary Draws on extensive new materials, from private letters to transcripts of war cabinet meetings, to present a portrait of the iconic war leader that discusses Churchill's motivations and unwavering faith in the British Empire.
Subject Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Military / World War II.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
ISBN 1101980990 (hardcover)
9781101980996 (hardcover)
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