In command of history : Churchill fighting and writing the Second World War
2004, First Edition. London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #472513
ISBN: 0679457437
Physical description; xxvi, 645 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-622) and index. Contents; Epilogue, July 1945 -- To write or not to write? -- Contracts : Churchill against the publishers -- Papers : Churchill against the bureaucrats -- Reputation : Churchill against mortality -- Taking the plunge -- The gathering storm, 1919-1940, 1946-1948 -- Their finest hour 1940, 1946-1949 -- The grand alliance, 1941-1942, 1948-1950 -- The hinge of fate, 1942-1943, 1948-1951 -- Closing the ring, 1941-1944, 1949-1952 -- Triumph and tragedy, 1944-1945, 1950-1954 -- Leaving it to history, 1955-65 -- Prologue, January 1965. Subjects; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965). Second World War (Churchill, Winston). World War, 1939-1945. Historiography. Personal narratives, English. Prime ministers. Great Britain. Biography. Politics and government. 20th century. Illustrated. Portraits. Plates.
Price: €12.95