Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

ISBN-13: 9780008439927 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

David Reynolds

Opis

'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKI

Recenzje

Early Praise for Mirrors of Greatness:

'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age'
Adam Zamoyski

'Winston Churchill was unique-but that does not mean that he was alone. David Reynolds' insightful work illuminates much about those towering figures who shaped not only the politics of the first half of the twentieth century, but also helped form the man who was, in the end, the greatest of them all'
Eliot A. Cohen, author of The Hollow Crown

'Erudite. Authoritative. Compellingly written, and with pace and verve. Reynolds reveals much that is new in a gripping narrative history of the Great Man, one that will have you turning the pages into the early hours. It certainly did me. Like all good books, I shall return to this again and again'
Damien Lewis

'Who inspired Churchill as he rose to the pinnacle of power? And how did he himself seek to mold how history would view him? No one is better placed to address these deceptively simple questions than David Reynolds, and he succeeds splendidly in this magnificent book'
Fredrik Logevall, author of JFK

'A fresh take on the familiar subject of Churchill's greatness. What emerges is an unvarnished and uncensored Churchill, whose British pride was not without prejudice, whose unparalleled vision and eloquence did not preclude callous, crude, and disparaging remarks about rivals which may take today's readers aback. Honest and unsparing'
Sean McMeekin, author of Stalin's War

'A magisterial book on Churchill and his contemporaries. Mirrors of Greatness is an elegant feat of scholarship, imagination, and storytelling from this most brilliant of historians'
Richard Aldous, author of The Dillon Era

O autorze

David Reynolds is the award-winning and bestselling author of twelve history books and Professor of International History at Cambridge University (Christ's College). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. His book awards include the Wolfson Prize and the PEN Hessell Tiltman prize. David has written and presented critically acclaimed films and documentaries for both BBC TV and Radio 4.