He is one of the greatest statesmen of the twentieth century. Leader of the free world against Hitler, then against Stalin and the communist world after the Second World War, he continues to fascinate, intrigue and excite, 80 years after his accession to the post of Prime Minister in Great Britain. But do we really know him?
Reading the monumental 1,300-page biography of the great British historian Andrew Roberts, the answer is: "no" . Drawing on unpublished journals, letters and Memoirs from contemporaries of the Old Lion, but also on accounts of the War Cabinet and his weekly interviews with King George VI never before seen, the professor at King's College of London and the Hoover Institution at Stanford reveals unexpected aspects of Churchill's life.
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It also shows very convincingly how the young Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill created, in his first 25 years, the conditions for his destiny - exceptional.
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