{"product_id":"9781529110999","title":"Churchill's Shadow : An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Wheatcroft, Geoffrey \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/04\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 640 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529110999,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship' Robert HarrisA radical biography for a new generationIn A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTelling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, Churchill's Shadow focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' David Kynaston, author of On the Cusp: Days of '62'Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written' New York Times'A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth' Robert Gildea, author of Empires of the Mind\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40897502183468,"sku":"9781529110999","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529110999.jpg?v=1759671964","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529110999","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}