u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMESu003c/iu003e BESTSELLER u003cpu003eOne of u003ciu003eThe Wall Street Journalu003c/iu003eu003cbu003e's u003c/bu003eTen Best Books of 2018u003cbru003eOne of u003ciu003eThe Economistu003c/iu003e's Best Books of 2018u003cbru003eOne of u003ciu003eThe New York Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbu003e'u003c/bu003es Notable Books of 2018 u003cpu003e"Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain's savior." --u003ciu003eWall Street Journalu003c/iu003e u003cpu003eIn this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--by the bestselling, award-winning author of u003ciu003eNapoleonu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eThe Storm of War. u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eWhen we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In u003ciu003eChurchill, u003c/iu003e Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable. u003cpu003eRoberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material: transcripts of War Cabinet meetings, diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchill's contemporaries. The Royal Family permitted Roberts--in a first for a Churchill biographer--to read the detailed notes taken by King George VI in his diary after his weekly meetings with Churchill during World War II. This treasure trove of access allows Roberts to understand the man in revelatory new ways, and to identify the hidden forces fueling Churchill's legendary drive. u003cpu003eWe think of Churchill as a hero who saved civilization from the evils of Nazism and warned of the grave crimes of Soviet communism, but Roberts's masterwork reveals that he has as much to teach us about the challenges leaders face today--and the fundamental values of courage, tenacity, leadership and moral conviction.
