Books

There’s nothing wrong with the “brief life,” which serves an important educational purpose. Hanson falls short, while accepting many myths.

Eden by Charlwood: “The morning had been golden; the noontime was bronze; and the evening lead. But all were solid, and each was polished until it shone after its fashion.”

The story of the Churchill, Harriman and Roosevelt daughters at the Yalta Conference was unnoticed until this account by Catherine Katz.

Alan Allport offers a very fine synthesis of new aspects without repetition, but Churchill’s long shadow still hovers over WW2.

In time for the 75th anniversary of Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech, Nancy Carver describes and memorializes that moment from an American perspective.

Churchill, Woolton wrote privately, “doesn’t seem to understand that nobody else wants rationing any more than he does...”

Paul Rafferty has followed Churchill’s footsteps through his favorite landscapes in an elegant documentary that has no peer in its field.

The Churchill revealed by Nester is a model of statesmanship: prescient and competent, but accompanied by certain errors of strategy.

Neither a travelogue nor a general reader, this is about “people and places,” mostly people, not a comprehensive guide to Churchill’s Britain.

All the works concerning Winston S. Churchill since 1905, with annotations on content, quality and links to reviews.

Scholarship accumulates and sources multiply, Todman writes. The perspective of Churchill’s memoirs persists—if sometimes heavily qualified.

Vale and Scadding offer a vital account of Churchill's medical history which expands our knowledge and sets the record straight.