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The Tories’ ancient instinct for survival has vanished, along with any concern for the public good, and Bloody Panico is the prevailing mood

Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining' ROBERT HARRIS 'Provocative, clear-sighted, richly textured and wonderfully readable, this is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' DAVID KYNASTON In 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, whose personal ambition would cloud his political judgement - and as a ...

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Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the greatest of all, revered for his opposition to appeasement, his defiance in the face of German bombing of England, his political prowess, his deft aphorisms, and his memorable speeches. He became the savior of his country, as prime minister during the most perilous period in British history, World War II, and is now perhaps even more beloved in A...

When Winston Churchill was appointed to the Cabinet for the first time in 1908, a perceptive journalist called him "the most interesting problem of personal speculation in English politics." Churchill became both the savior of his country, and was very often in the wrong. More than a hundred years later he remains as a source of adulation but also of misunderstanding. This revelatory new book takes on Churchill in his entirety, separating the ...

Provocative, clear-sighted, richly textured and wonderfully readable, this is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' DAVID KYNASTON'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining' ROBERT HARRISIn 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, whose personal ambition would cloud his political judgement. While Church...

The complete and critically acclaimed story of the Tour de France from its earliest days to Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome