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Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

English

By (author): David Reynolds

A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023

A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age ADAM ZAMOYSKI

Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be great, to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian.

But Churchills path to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along the way friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its absence, in ways that influenced his own career.

This book includes some whom Churchill would not have deemed great, but who in our own day offer alternative mirrors of what that word might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision of Great Britain was socialist and post-imperial. And his darling Clementine, channelling her pinko sentiments to become Winstons essential helpmate and most devoted critic.

Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchills life and work, showing how this unique man with dazzling gifts and jagged flaws learned from his great contemporaries and what they saw in him.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 700g
  • Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Oct 2023
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008439910

About David Reynolds

David Reynolds is the award-winning and bestselling author of twelve history books and Professor of International History at Cambridge University (Christ's College). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. His book awards include the Wolfson Prize and the PEN Hessell Tiltman prize. David has written and presented critically acclaimed films and documentaries for both BBC TV and Radio 4.

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