{"product_id":"9781529110999","title":"Churchill's Shadow : An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship' Robert Harris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA radical biography for a new generation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn A.J.P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGiving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTelling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, Churchill's Shadow focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s' David Kynaston, author of On the Cusp: Days of '62\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth' Robert Gildea, author of Empires of the Mind\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083889975531,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":33.26,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781529110999-1.jpg?v=1785747689","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781529110999","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}