Churchill: a life

Follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. This title offers a portrait using Churchill's personal letters and the recollections of his contemporaries, both friends and enemies, to go behind the scenes of some of the stormiest political events of our time, dominated by two world wars.

Paperback edition of this definitive biography of Churchill, which was previously published under the Arrow imprint.

This edition of the highly acclaimed one-volume Churchill: A Life, is the story of adventure. It follows Winston Churchill from his earliest days to his moments of triumph. Here, the drama and excitement of his story are ever-present, as are his tremendous qualities in peace and war, not least as an orator and as a man of vision. Martin Gilbert gives us a vivid portrait, using Churchill's most personal letters and the recollections of his contemporaries, both friends and enemies, to go behind the scenes of some of the stormiest and most fascinating political events of our time, dominated by two world wars, and culminating in the era of the Iron Curtain and the hydrogen bomb.

Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1991.

Childhood -- Harrow -- Towards the Army -- Second Lieutenant -- In Action -- To Omdurman and beyond -- South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape -- Into Parliament -- Revolt and Responsibilities -- The Social Field -- Home Secretary -- At the Admiralty -- The Coming of War in 1914 -- War -- Isolation and Escape -- In the Trenches -- 'Deep and Ceaseless Torments' -- Minister of Munitions -- At the War Office -- Colonial Secretary -- Return to the Wilderness -- At the Exchequer -- Out of Office -- The Moment of Truth -- No Place for Churchill -- From Munich to War -- Return to the Admiralty -- Prime Minister -- Britain at Bay -- The Widening War -- Planning for Victory -- Illness and Recovery -- Normandy and Beyond -- War and Diplomacy -- 'Advance, Britannia!' -- 'An Iron Curtain' -- Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future -- Prime Minister in Peacetime -- Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation -- Last Years.