Jackson, Ashley, author.
New York London : Quercus, 2014.;©2011
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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-388) and index.
• Ashley Jackson describes the contours and contradictions of Churchill’s remarkable life and career as a solider, politician, historian, journalist, painter, amateur farmer and homemaker. From thrusting subaltern to high-flying politician, Cabinet outcast to elder statesman, this is the eternally fascinating story of Winston Churchill’s appointment with destiny. –Amazon.com.
• Landscape for a lifetime: Winston, Woodstock and Oxfordshire — Cadet to frontier soldier: warrior and writer — Pundit and politician: a rising star — High office: war on land and sea — Home and colonial: new nations, strikes, and gold — Man of Kent: a frenzied unemployment — War machine: the management of global conflict — A higher vision: post-war government and a changing world — Symbol of the nation.

Subjects:

• Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
• Statesmen — Great Britain — Biography.
• Prime ministers — Great Britain — Biography.
• Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686

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