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Normandy and Beyond leaves us in awe at Churchill’s linguistic fluidity, clarity of thought, sense of humor, impish mischief, foresight, and ability to deal with “nests of cockatrices.”

Once and for all, by every definition from the linguistic to the clinical, Winston Churchill was not an alcoholic, nor even an excessive alcohol consumer.

An outstanding collection of London and other photographs cast Churchill’s life as an architectural biography.

Who was Winston Churchill? Why, half a century since his death, is he the most quoted historical figure? Scholars know the answers. Do you? Why does it matter?

Attlee’s verdict: “Winston Churchill was one of the greatest men that history records. He was brave, gifted, inexhaustible and indomitable….‘ Genius does what it must. Talent does what it can.’ Energy and poetry really sum him up.”

From an vanished age of "loyal opposition" came a remarkable tribute to Churchill from longtime Labour opponent and successor, Clement Attlee.

Normandy and Beyond demonstrates enormous mass of detail Churchill had to deal with around D-Day. Antoine Capet makes a case study of the ever-present de Gaulle problem.

De Gaulle annoyed Franklin Roosevelt even more than he did Churchill. Roosevelt deplored what he saw as a statist, a Bonapartist and an imperialist. His conclusions were not entirely accurate.

Churchill’s best known four words had a long gestation, beginning with “sweat and blood” in Roman times. Once established, they served him for years.

In “Thoughts and Adventures,” Churchill included four prescient essays on future trends he could already see, critical to fate of democracy, government, and mankind.

Fresh aspects of Churchill’s reception at Durban and transcripts of his speeches: the story that launched his political career and won him his first seat in Parliament.

Sandys describes her grandfather’s paintings with four characteristics, which she also applies to his approach to life: bold, irrepressible, loving of life, and inspiring.