The Private Lives of Winston Churchill

By John George Pearson

Book Overview

Winston Churchill was a lion of a man who helped shape the course of this new century with his relentless ambition and fierce political instincts. Here, Pearson takes us behind the myth of Churchill and deep into the psychology of a dynasty that some have called the most complicated Anglo-American family of this century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671631535
• ISBN13: 9780671631536
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Winston; Family, friends and his unique sence of self

This extensive read is a broad brush stroke for the reader who is looking for a landscape portrait about the man as if it were written by him personally. The book begins coverage tracing his pre-history origin shedding light on the beginnings of his psycological make up then on thru his living influences leaving the reader with a good understanding of Winston and his personality as Winston lived it. Suffering thee, as he puts it "The Black Dog" for most of his life it becomes clear to the reader that he did live his role in life beyond just satisfying his personal ego (unlike most politicians), though his ego was not anything small it did gain it's personal satisfactions and it's blows. Much like his life the book is long and never boring.