{"product_id":"churchill-defiant-fighting-on-1945-1955-paperback","title":"Churchill Defiant: Fighting On: 1945-1955 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Leaming\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming has written a riveting political dramaof the last ten years of Winston Churchill's public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eChurchill Defiant\u003c\/em\u003e, Leaming tells the tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Churchill's refusal to retire after his 1945 electoral defeat, and the bare-knuckled political and personal battles that ensued. Her ground-breaking biography \u003cem\u003eJack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e, was the first to detail Churchill's extraordinary influence on Kennedy's thinking. Now in \u003cem\u003eChurchill Defiant\u003c\/em\u003e, Leaming gives us a vivid and compelling narrative that sheds fresh light on both the human dimension of Winston Churchill and on the struggles and achievements of his final years. At last, in Leaming's eloquent account, we understand the tangled web of personal relationships and rivalries, the intricate interplay of past and present, the looming sense of history that makes the story of these years as fascinating as anything in the extraordinary century-long saga of Winston Churchill's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama about his last ten years of public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChurchill Defiant\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, fast-paced narrative of bare-knuckle politics, of life-and-death decisions, of old grudges and fresh blame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Churchill in close-up--a vivid, deeply poignant portrait of the great man at his most maddening and devious, but also at his most human and defiant. \u003c\/p\u003e--Daily Express (London)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama about his last ten years of public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChurchill Defiant\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, fast-paced narrative of bare-knuckle politics, of life-and-death decisions, of old grudges and fresh blame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Churchill in close-up--a vivid, deeply poignant portrait of the great man at his most maddening and devious, but also at his most human and defiant. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.08 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52443834057011,"sku":"9780061337604","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/L1lNZHhEbEJydDV2ZzAwSzExZ3lWQT09.webp?v=1758927179","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/churchill-defiant-fighting-on-1945-1955-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}