Churchill: 1874-1915
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
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Before the legend, there was the man — and Ted Morgan's Churchill: 1874-1915 chronicles the remarkable and turbulent first four decades of Winston Churchill's life with meticulous precision and compelling narrative force. From his aristocratic yet emotionally neglected childhood at Blenheim Palace, through his daring exploits as a war correspondent and soldier in Cuba, India, and Sudan, to his electrifying rise through the corridors of British political power, Morgan presents a portrait of a man forged in ambition, adversity, and an almost reckless hunger for greatness. The biography concludes at the catastrophic failure of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a moment that would temporarily shatter Churchill's career and test the very core of his formidable character. Morgan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who himself was born French and became American, brings an outsider's incisive clarity to one of history's most mythologised figures, cutting through the hagiography to reveal the contradictions, brilliance, and raw drive of the young Churchill. Written in a style that is both scholarly and compulsively readable, the biography draws on a vast wealth of primary sources to illuminate the social, military, and political landscape of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. For anyone who thinks they already know Winston Churchill, Morgan's definitive account of his formative years poses an irresistible question: how does a man of so many early failures and controversies become the saviour of a civilisation?
Author: Ted Morgan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Before the legend, there was the man — and Ted Morgan's Churchill: 1874-1915 chronicles the remarkable and turbulent first four decades of Winston Churchill's life with meticulous precision and compelling narrative force. From his aristocratic yet emotionally neglected childhood at Blenheim Palace, through his daring exploits as a war correspondent and soldier in Cuba, India, and Sudan, to his electrifying rise through the corridors of British political power, Morgan presents a portrait of a man forged in ambition, adversity, and an almost reckless hunger for greatness. The biography concludes at the catastrophic failure of the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, a moment that would temporarily shatter Churchill's career and test the very core of his formidable character. Morgan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who himself was born French and became American, brings an outsider's incisive clarity to one of history's most mythologised figures, cutting through the hagiography to reveal the contradictions, brilliance, and raw drive of the young Churchill. Written in a style that is both scholarly and compulsively readable, the biography draws on a vast wealth of primary sources to illuminate the social, military, and political landscape of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. For anyone who thinks they already know Winston Churchill, Morgan's definitive account of his formative years poses an irresistible question: how does a man of so many early failures and controversies become the saviour of a civilisation?