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Churchill and Shakespeare without Melodrama: a Response to Jonathan Rose
08
Sep
2020
By DAVID FORMAN
Jonathan Rose writes that the sea of Churchill's tastes was dominated by melodrama, but he misses the whale among the fish—Churchill's beloved Shakespeare.
Churchill’s Memorable Allusions to William Shakespeare’s Richard II
23
Nov
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill knew his Shakespeare and had a near-photographic memory. Darrell Holley’s Churchill’s Literary Allusions tells us he alludes to Shakespeare more than any other English author. King John, Richard III and Hamlet are his most frequent references. Henry V also moved and inspired him. He also closely read Richard II, generally accepting Shakespeare’s portrayal of his cruelty and vindictiveness.
“Mirrored in the Pool of England”: Churchill, Shakespeare, and Henry V
16
Apr
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Richard Langworth looks at the importance of Shakespeare, especially "Henry V," on Churchill and his rhetoric during World War II.
Churchill, Lincoln, and Shakespeare
16
Dec
2016
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Winston Churchill and William Shakespeare
18
Jul
2016
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
In his book Churchill's Literary Allusions, Darrell Holley writes: "There is no English author whom Churchill alludes to as often as to William Shakespeare. Both by formal quotations, some quite lengthy, and by well-known phrases almost hidden in his text, Churchill makes allusion to many of Shakespeare's plays."
Churchill, Shakespeare, and Agincourt
24
Oct
2015
1100 Titles: An Annotated Bibliography of Works about Churchill
09
Jan
2021
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
All the works concerning Winston S. Churchill since 1905, with annotations on content, quality and links to reviews.
Gary Scott Smith on Churchill’s Duty and Destiny, Life, and Faith
03
Oct
2020
By ROBIN BRODHURST
Smith is clear that Churchill was a believer in a faith. And that faith was at the heart of his appeal to the British people in the Second World War.
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7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
Alistair Campbell,
Andrew Roberts,
athens,
Book of Common Prayer,
Brendan Bracken,
Gallipoli,
Gary Scott Smith,
Hensley Henson,
James Welldon,
Jeffrey Fisher,
King James Bible,
Margaret Thatcher,
Nevil Schute,
Robert Blake,
Robin Brodhurst,
Tony Blair,
William Temple,
Winston S. Churchill,
Back in the News: Richard Burton’s Fraught Relationship with Churchill
11
Jun
2020
3
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Burton played a magnificent Churchill in “The Gathering Storm.” He also played to the camera, alternating praise with vitriol depending on his audience.
“What Purpose History?” an Analysis of Churchill and Caesar as Writers of History
02
Jun
2020
By JUSTIN D. LYONS
Churchill and Caesar both wrote literate war memoirs. Was this special pleading, or was there a higher purpose? For Churchill, there certainly was.
Winston Churchill and Julius Caesar: Parallels and Inspirations
26
May
2020
By JUSTIN D. LYONS
“In my mind’s eye I invest him with the robes of Caesar…. The lives of the great are an inspiration to their posterity.” —Lewis Broad
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Battle of Zela,
Birth of Britain,
Caesar’s Commentaries,
Charles Munro,
Cicero,
Clement Attlee,
David Lloyd George,
Emery Reves,
Gallic Wars,
Gallipoli,
H.G. Wells,
Harrow School,
Home Guard,
John Maynard Keynes,
Julius Caesar,
Justin D. Lyons,
Plutarch,
T.E. Lawrence,
William Ewart Gladstone,
Winston S. Churchill,
Which Historical and Contemporary Figures were Churchill’s Inspirations?
16
Mar
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
These are just a few of the classical authors Churchill read in his self-education as a young man. They form an adjunct to the more recent and direct inspirations, the figures of more recent centuries.
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Andrew Roberts,
Aristotle,
Bourke Cockran,
Cicero,
Duke of Marlborough,
Georges Clemenceau,
Great Contemporaries,
Horatio Nelson,
John Morley,
Justin Lyons,
Leo Strauss,
Lord Randolph Churchill,
Napoleon,
Paul Rahe,
Plato,
Richard M. Langworth,
Shakespeare,
Socrates,
Thucydides,
War of Spanish Succession,
Winston S. Churchill,
Xenophon,