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Title: Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins, Robert Whitfield ISBN: 0-7861-2243-9 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.63 (78 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: IF WE CAN'T HAVE MANCHESTER¿
Comment: Like most students of the life of Winston S. Churchill I was anxiously awaiting the third volume in the Last Lion series on Churchill's life by William Manchester. Sadly Mr. Manchester has recently announced that, due to extreme health issues, his much-anticipated book would never be written. Having read the first two books I was absolutely stunned.
After the shock wore off I immediately began the prospect of finding a biography that would complete the Churchill history and do it in a way that would complement my earlier study through the Manchester biographies.
May I recommend Churchill by Roy Jenkins. This book, written by a man who has the unique perspective of actually having served in Parliament and in a variety of other important posts in British government, masterfully fills the void. Concise and well written, Churchill by Roy Jenkins is easily the finest single-volume biography of Britain's greatest leader.
Rating: 3
Summary: Almost purely a political biography
Comment: What most reviews don't tell you is that Roy Jenkins, himself a politician, has created an almost purely political biography of Churchill. Even more narrowly, it is a focused on the House of Commons and Churchill's role in it over a span of some 50 years.
In more than 900 pages, Jenkins barely touches on Churchill's personal life, his relationship with "Clemmie," his children or with anyone outside the closeted world of British politics. The little details of daily life, which provide density and color -- what brand of cigars he smoked, what books he read for pleasure, what he ate for breakfast -- are almost entirely missing.
A greater fault, in my view, is that Jenkins fails to adequately explore and explain Churchill's place in the decline and fall of the British Empire, which took place in great part during Churchill's watches. This is a story, as Jenkins tells it, mostly of the Old Boy's club, of Asquith and Lloyd George and Chamberlain and all the rest. Reading Jenkins, you would hardly know that during the course of Churchill's life one of the world's greatest powers and greatest empires became an also ran on the world's stage.
Granted, Jenkins is a masterful writer with a great grasp of the politics of 20th century Britain. If politics, in great detail, is all you demand of a biography, then Roy Jenkins' Churchill will suit you very adequately.
--Lan Sluder
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Read
Comment: First off, its important to note that this is a political biography and focuses on Churchill's career in parliament, not his family or friend relationships. It does not focus much on his childhood or his inner feelings that much. The book is great for giving us a sense of who Churchill was through his speeches and political actions. Its written in a matter of fact style that lets Churchill's penchant for the grandiose come out on its own. Despite its restrained manner, you feel the desperation of the days before and during World War II. You also sense the incredible vision of Churchill to see what would happen and to warn of it, when no one else could see. To his credit, he also demonstrates Churchill's weaknesses/flaws. Overall, a great book!
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Title: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0812966007 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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