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Winston S. Churchill

His Father's Son: The Life Of Randolph Churchill (Phoenix Giants S.) Paperback – 14 July 1997

by Winston S. Churchill (Author)

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Randolph Churchill was the son of one of the worlds most remarkable political figures, Winston Churchill, of whom he wrote the first two volumes of what has become the standard biography. In his father's son Winston Churchill, the great politician's grandson, continues this family tradition by writing the lifeof his own father. Randolphs life spans a period unparalleled in world history for its dramatic events, above all for the suffewring of two generations confronted by the horror of world war. With honesty Winston S.Churchill conveys the many extradinary and outrageous facets of Randolph's character.

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Sir Winston Churchill led Britain through the Second World War as Prime Minister. He was the author of 42 books, including the four-volume History of the English Speaking Peoples.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion; New edition (14 July 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 185799969X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857999693
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 11 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.61 x 4.45 x 22.23 cm

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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called 'the greatest Briton'. An international statesman, orator, biographer, historian, author and Nobel Prize winner, his works remain in print with the world's leading publishers.

Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, Winston spent several years in the army before becoming a newspaper correspondent and then an MP. His cabinet positions included First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War and later Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 and for five years led Britain though its 'finest hour'. Defeated in the July 1945 election, he was Leader of the Opposition until re-elected Prime Minister in 1951. He was knighted in 1953, the same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He stepped down as Prime Minister in 1955 and remained an MP until 1964.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 September 2015

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Cracking book, not to be missed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 February 2013

I rarely write a review, but this calls for one. I wish there was a way to give it more than 5 stars.

At the outset, opening the cover, I wasn't at all excited about reading this book, nor much interested in the subject-matter. The pleasant style in which it is written quickly carried me into it, there is a quality in the language which is Churchillian, and the facts, extracts and comments blend easily into the flow.

Don't expect to be popular while you read this book; your attention will be held by it, with moments when you look up to interrupt your wife or partner with extracts from it.

So, on the quality of the writing, absolutely excellent.

On the subject matter, now there's the big surprise. The book does not grandly praise him, or put him on a pedestal; far from it. This is a book about a tangible human being with great qualities and all the human ambiguities too.

You also learn much about three generations of Churchills, and the conduct of many major events of the last century.

Expect to laugh & cry while you read it.

My congratulations to the author, for what that is worth.

My apologies to his father, I fear I paid not enough attention to him when he was with us. Which is my loss, not his.

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