{"product_id":"churchills-shadow","title":"Churchill's Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship' Robert Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA radical biography for a new generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' David Kynaston, author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Cusp: Days of '62\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth' Robert Gildea, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpires of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53938539725138,"sku":"9781529110999","price":19.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_95a9445f-1f0f-4d21-81fa-d8b5cc8b7874.jpg?v=1783347016","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/churchills-shadow","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}