Churchill: The Unexpected Hero
- ISBN-10
- 0199297436
- ISBN-13
- 9780199297436
- Series
- Churchill
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Paul Addison
Description
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the legion of sceptics who had derided his judgement, denied his claims to greatness, and excluded him from high office on the grounds that he was sure to be a danger to King and Country. In this incisive new biography, Paul Addison examines both the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century British history, and also the battle over his reputation, which continues to this day.
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