In Search of Churchill: A Historian's Journey - Softcover

Gilbert, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471180726 ISBN 13: 9780471180722

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

Synopsis

Penetrating . . . beautifully rounds out and humanizes the character of the greatest statesman of the twentieth century -San Francisco Chronicle. "A multifaceted gem, sparkling with anecdotes and insights about the nature of biography, the challenges and rewards of historical research, and of course Winston Churchill" -Richmond Times-Dispatch "Everything about Winston Churchill is extraordinary. During his excavation of his subject, Martin Gilbert has discovered many gems. In this book he holds some of the most gorgeous jewels up to the light for us to admire" -The Spectator. "Gilbert here gives us Churchill's vast humanity with the politics largely left out. Readers daunted by the 8,000-odd pages of the official life should start here. They will love it" -The Times (London). "The portrait of Winston Churchill is . . . vivid and painted with an affection and humour that rarely appear in the official biography" -London Daily Telegraph. "The work [Gilbert] has done puts all historians of the twentieth century, and all students of Churchill, incalculably in his debt" -London Sunday Telegraph.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in London and educated at Oxford, MARTIN GILBERT is one of the world's preeminent biographers and historians. In addition to his universally acclaimed biography of Churchill, he is the author of Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century (Wiley), The Second World War: A Complete History, and Holocaust: The History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471180726
• ISBN 13: 9780471180722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378