Churchill

By Paul Johnson

Book Overview

From the "most celebrated and best-loved British historian in America" ( Wall Street Journal ), an elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of Winston Churchill In Churchill , eminent historian Paul Johnson offers a lively, succinct exploration of one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history. Winston Churchill's hold on contemporary readers has never slackened, and Johnson's analysis casts new light on his extraordinary life and times. Johnson illuminates the various phases of Churchill's career--from his adventures as a young cavalry officer in the service of the empire to his role as an elder statesman prophesying the advent of the Cold War--and shows how Churchill's immense adaptability and innate pugnacity made him a formidable leader for the better part of a century. Johnson's narration of Churchill's many triumphs and setbacks, rich with anecdote and quotation, illustrates the man's humor, resilience, courage, and eccentricity as no other biography before, and is sure to appeal to historians and general nonfiction readers alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143117998
• ISBN13: 9780143117995
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher