Tristan Clark
ASIN: B010G6HF0A
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 38
Winston Churchill is celebrated in Britain and much of the world as the person, more than any other, who was responsible for defeating Hitler and ensuring that evil did not triumph in the Second World War. In 2002, he was even named as 'the Greatest Briton' in a poll conducted by the BBC. This reputation recognises his courage and bravery leading the British war effort against the Nazis, and numerous achievements over more than half a century in politics. However, there is more to Churchill's life than his period as a charismatic war leader; he was also variously a journalist, author and stock market investor. And of course he was not always successful; for example, his fight against India independence shows he sometimes ended up on the wrong side of history.This very short history provides an insight into one of the more complex characters in British history, examining a charismatic ...