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The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor

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Description for The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 670.
A transformative portrait of Churchill, whose love of history, theater, and reading was inextricably linked to his life as a statesman

This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we have not known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill’s personal, carefully composed grand story and on the decisions he made throughout his political life.
 
Rose provides in this expansive literary biography an analysis of Churchill’s writings and their reception (he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300212341
SKU
V9780300212341
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About Jonathan Rose
Jonathan Rose is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Drew University. He lives in Morristown, NJ.

Reviews for The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor
“An interesting and at times surprising account of Churchill's tastes as a reader . . . [Rose] is a very good stylist. He is also formidably knowledgeable, and many of his nuggets will be new even to Churchill junkies.”—Ben Downing, Wall Street Journal “Immensely enjoyable . . . marvelous . . . This gracefully written book is an original ... Read more

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