-By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume- Daily TelegraphDrawing on decades of unprecedented access to Winston Churchill-s family and estate, this classic bestseller remains the definitive biography of Britain-s greatest prime minister. At once intimate and vastly ambitious, it transforms our understanding of who Churchill was and what he accomplished. -A masterpiece of scholarship . . . Explores the strategic labyrinths of two world wars with an enviable clarity.- Guardian-Gilbert is, above all, a marshaller of material on a gigantic scale . . . The nakedness of the narrative proclaims its honesty, its unpretentiousness and its erudition.- The Times-One of the greatest histories of our time.- Margaret Thatcher-Genuinely riveting . . . Genius, courage, generosity, humour and imagination shine through.- Financial Times-A stupendous book. He has told the truth.- A. J. P. Taylor-The greatest adventure story of th
