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CHURCHILL: A LIFE (2 VOLUMES)

by Martin Gilbert

Published by Folio Society. 2004

Fine condition. 2 volume set. Dark blue cloth spines, gilt titles to spines. Black/silver covers. B/w photos.

Contained in blue slipcase with pictorial onlay to one panel.

Stock no. 1609648

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Contents

  • VOLUME I
  • Preface
  • Author's Note
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Childhood
  • 2 Harrow
  • 3 Towards the Army
  • 4 Second Lieutenant
  • 5 In Action
  • 6 To Omdurman and Beyond
  • 7 South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape
  • 8 Into Parliament
  • 9 Revolt and Responsibilities
  • 10 The Social Field
  • 11 Home Secretary
  • 12 At the Admiralty
  • 13 The Coming of War in 1914
  • 14 War
  • 15 Isolation and Escape
  • 16 In the Trenches
  • 17 'Deep and Ceaseless Torment'
  • 18 Minister of Munitions
  • 19 At the War Office
  • 20 Colonial Secretary
  • 21 Return to the Wilderness
  • 22 At the Exchequer
  • Maps
  • VOLUME II
  • 23 Out of office
  • 24 The Moment of Truth
  • 25 No Place for Churchill
  • 26 From Munich to War
  • 27 Return to the Admiralty
  • 28 Prime Minister
  • 29 Britain at Bay
  • 30 The Widening War
  • 31 Planning for Victory
  • 32 Illness and Recovery
  • 33 Normandy and Beyond
  • 34 War and Diplomacy
  • 35 'Advance, Britannia'
  • 36 'An Iron Curtain'
  • 37 Mapping the Past, Guiding the Futurre
  • 38 Prime Minister at Peacetime
  • 39 Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation
  • 40 Last Years
  • Maps
  • Index

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