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The Private Lives of Winston Churchill

Door John Pearson

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#354864-ZC23
Titel
The Private Lives of Winston Churchill
Auteur
Pearson, John
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Simon and Schuster
Jaar van uitgave
1991
ISBN10
3492044905
ISBN13
9783492044905
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered boards, some photographs in b/w, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
He was a lion of a man who helped shape the course of this century with his relentless ambition and fierce political instincts. Few have matched Winston Churchill's cunning or force of will. Few have seen the equal of his audacity on the battlefield or the determination with which he strove toward his own ideal of greatness. At the height of his power, he seemed to embody the ideals of the empire he helped sustain: valor, pride, and above all, tradition. His sense of personal destiny was rooted deeply in the legacy of his birth-right, the heritage of his family, and the awesome responsibility of being born Churchill.
In The Private Lives of Winston Churchill, first published in 1991, John Pearson takes us behind the myth of Churchill and deep into the psychology of a dynasty that some hav
... (Lees verder)e called the most complicated Anglo-American family of this century. In doing so, he reveals, in rich portraits, some of the family's greatest, most charismatic, and most deeply troubled members and shows us the real, private Winston Churchill.
Pagina's
476
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 9,00

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