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Churchill - A Beginner's Guide reveals the real Churchill behind the myth of one of the great figures in twentieth-century history. It follows the ups and downs of his often stormy career as soldier, writer and statesman. Learn how Churchill, a romantic and a rebel, fell out of favour many times before becoming Britain's greatest wartime leader in 1940. Churchill's defiant brilliance helped save Britain, and perhaps the world, from Nazi tyranny, to leave a near-mythical legacy.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #2429473 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Nigel Rodgers is a full time writer and editor and has worked on a wide range of subjects for a wide range of age ranges. He lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Excerpted from Churchill: a Beginner's Guide by Nigel Rodgers. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter One Childhood and Youth
Statesman, soldier, writer, painter, Churchill is one of the twentieth-century's key figures. The most far-sighted and determined opponent of Hitler, he won fame for his large cigars, eccentric hats and defiant wartime speeches. In World War II he almost literally embodied the spirit of British resistance to Nazi Germany. But Churchill's political career had begun 40 years before he became Prime Minister in 1940. By then he had already held most of the high ministerial posts, some when he was very young. Both his life and career were markedly irregular, for he was frequently out of office, once for a whole decade. Initially a Conservative MP, he abandoned the Tory Party after only six years to become a Liberal, finally returning to it after many vicissitudes. Anyone can rat, he said later, it takes genius to re-rat. If he was a statesman of noble descent, 'the last aristocrat to rule - not just preside, rule - over this country' in C P Snow's words, he was also a maverick, sometimes a rebel, and one with an impish sense of humour.

Customer Reviews

lot of mistakes
rodgers commit himself to a lot of mistakes in this . not for beginners not for anyone.