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United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Empire, Biography: historical, political & military, Prose: non-fiction, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
A genuinely original biography of Churchill, focusing on his contradictory and lifelong relationship with the British Empire.
'A superb history of a memorable subject' Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINYOne of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. Winston Churchill's attitude towards the Empire at the time was the stereotypical Victorian paternalistic approach, and he held what many would regard today as racist views, in that he felt that some nationalities were superior to others. This outmoded attitude was one of the reasons the British voters rejected him after the Second World War in which he had led the country brilliantly. His attitude remained decidedly old-fashioned in a world that was shaping up very differently. This ground-breaking volume reveals the many facets of Churchill's personality: a visionary leader with a truly Victorian attitude toward the British Empire.
'Wonderful - modern narrative history at its bravest' Jan Morris 'Witty and erudite . . . James' book does an important job' Sunday Times'
'A superb history of a memorable subject' Andrew Roberts
Praise for Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist
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Wonderful - modern narrative history at its bravest
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A superb history of a memorable subject
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Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians - SPECTATOR
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[A] highly original book ... an entertaining read as well as a serious historical analysis ... a pioneering biography of Churchill ... It will be of abiding interest to all those concerned with Britain's past and how it influenced the world in which we live today - THE TIMES
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Witty and erudite ... James' book does an important job - SUNDAY TIMES
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Seemingly miraculously, Lawrence James has found something fresh to say about him [Churchill] by concentrating on the great man's lifelong romance with the Empire and viewing his multifaceted activities through that prism - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Lawrence James
Lawrence James was a founding member of the University of York and then took a research degree at Merton College, Oxford. After a distinguished teaching career he became a full-time writer in 1985 and has emerged as one of the outstanding narrative historians of his generation for works including The Rise and Fall of the British Empire and Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist.
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