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Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister

English

By (author): Nicholas Shakespeare

A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds.


A gripping story of Churchills unlikely rise to power Observer

London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlains government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction.

It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare moves from Britains disastrous battle in Norway, for which many blamed Churchill, on to the dramatic developments in Westminster that led to Churchill becoming Prime Minister. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving into the key players backgrounds, Shakespeare gives us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history.


Totally captivating. It will stand as the best account of those extraordinary few days for very many years
Andrew Roberts


Superbly written Shakespeare has a novelists flair for depicting the characters and motives of men
The Times


Utterly wonderful It reads like a thriller
Peter Frankopan

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2018


*** Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Observer and The Economist ***

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Product Details
  • Weight: 362g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Apr 2018
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781784701000

About Nicholas Shakespeare

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award) Snowleg The Dancer Upstairs Inheritance Priscilla and Six Minutes in May. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice was a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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