Michael Burleigh
His Glory Remains
Warlord: Churchill at War, 1874–1945
By Carlo D’Este
Allen Lane/The Penguin Press xxpp £ order from our bookshop
Winston S Churchill has been the subject of many biographies, notably the multi-volume work by Sir Martin Gilbert that Gordon Brown gave to President Obama. His leadership in the Second World War has been chronicled by many, most persuasively by Andrew Roberts in his outstanding Masters and Commanders.
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