Paul Johnson Churchill. -->

Winston Churchill’s career can seem so grand in scope that it intimidates rather than inspires: an extensive military career, political leadership in two world wars, and roughly eight million published words. In his concise biography, however, Paul Johnson brings the great man down to earth and draws useful lessons from Churchill’s greatness, thus providing a welcome addition to a crowded field. What’s more, he accomplishes his task in a work of only 192 pages.

Johnson tells the story of Churchill’s life without dwelling on any particular period. From his beginnings as a youthful war correspondent, to his mature political career, to his hobbies of landscape painting and brick-laying, no aspect of Churchill’s life is ignored. While Churchill’s greatest speeches and pivotal decisions are all here, they are analyzed with a...

 

A Message from the Editors

Your donation sustains our efforts to inspire joyous rediscoveries.

Popular Right Now