{"product_id":"churchills-shadow","title":"Churchills Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining...For any reader tired of the seemlingly endless round of Churchill-worship'' Robert Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA radical biography for a new generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling the story of Churchill''s extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, \u003ci\u003eChurchill''s Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is the indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s'' David Kynaston, author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Cusp: Days of ''62\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wheatcroft is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen...this could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A clear-eyed, incisive and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth'' Robert Gildea, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpires of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312461816190,"sku":"NW9781529110999","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529110999.jpg?v=1778588308","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/churchills-shadow","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}