Bibliograph

Type

Label

Churchill, the life : an authorized pictorial biography, Max Arthur

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Churchill

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906011034

Responsibility statement

Max Arthur

Sub title

the life : an authorized pictorial biography

Summary

A biography of Churchill in honor of 50 years since his death, including previously unpublished photographs of artifacts in the Churchill Archive Centre; family pictures and private correspondence; telegrams, drafts of speeches, press cuttings and official papers; ephemera, like an early report card that describes him as "very bad--in constant trouble to everybody"; pictorial timelines; public correspondence and historical items given to him; and fascinating and exhaustingly researched captions and quotes

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Childhood : 1874-1892 -- A young soldier : 1893-1900 -- Early political career : 1900-1914 -- The First World War : 1914-1918 -- Rising through the ranks : 1919-1928 -- The wilderness years : 1929-1939 -- The Second World War : 1939-1945 -- The post=war years : 1946-1965

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