Most people today think of Winston Churchill as simply the wartime British bulldog - a jowly, cigar-chomping old fighter demanding blood, sweat and tears from his nation. But the well-known story of the elder statesman has overshadowed an earlier part of his life that is no less fascinating, and tha[...]

Churchill is today remembered as a great leader, a war hero, a literary heavyweight and a renowned wit. This incarnation of Churchill is the latest in a long-evolving identity, which at various times has sustained his power, enhanced his popularity and enabled him to personify aspects of British nat[...]

In May of 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Victory hinged on the leadership of newly elected Prime Minister Winston Churchill. But Churchill did not save Britain on his own.As prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in[...]

The first volume recounting World War I as told through the eyes of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of 20th-century history. With dramatic narrative power Churchill reconstructs the action on the Western[...]

The third volume recounting World War I as told through the eyes of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. With dramatic narrative power, Churchill reconstructs the action on the W[...]

"For myself I am an optimist," said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. "It does not seem to be much use being anything else."
Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wisecrack? Give sound advice to a peer on how to deal with life's problems? Or contribute to a heat[...]

He was a lion of a man who helped shape the course of this century with his relentless ambition and fierce political instincts. Few have matched Winston Churchill's cunning or force of will. Few have seen the equal of his audacity on the battlefield or the determination with which he strove toward h[...]

WWII scholar John Kelly triumphs again (Vanity Fair) in this remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill debated whether England should fight Nazi Germany and then decided to never surrender. London in April, 1940, is a place of[...]

Warrior and writer, genius and crank, rider in the British cavalrys last great charge and inventor of the tankWinston Churchill led Britain to fight alone against Nazi Germany in the fateful year of 1940 and set the standard for leading a democracy at war.Like no other portrait of its famous subject[...]