Gandhi & Churchill

By: Arthur Herman

Narrated by: John Curless

Length: 29 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

In this fast-paced epic, best-selling historian and master storyteller Arthur Herman spotlights two giants of the 20th century. Gandhi & Churchill shows how their 40-year rivalry revolutionized India and the British Empire, paving the way for a new era. Gandhi championed India's independence, Churchill the British Empire.

©2008 Arthur Herman (P)2008 Recorded Books

Loved it!

I absolutely loved this book and this is a statement coming from a non history both non historian. This book allows you to see behind the wizard's curtain a tale of 2 men their failures in their triumphs.

A long listen but full of interesting history

Where does Gandhi & Churchill rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I enjoy history so this book was for me. But it does have a lot of detail and seems to come from a British point of view. But overall worth the price of admission if you enjoy history.

British Raj & the tale of two giants

What a fantastic book! Well written and narrated. A+++++. After listening to the "Team of Rivals", my favorite book, I was not sure whether any other book lasting over 20 hours would keep me interested from the beginning to the end without wavering! This one did.

A great 1st draft

This is a very good book but it needs to be written again. Time and again in the book the authors seems to think out loud about his opinion. There is an attempt to curb a western imperial bias but it falters occasionally. Reviewers who think it's harsh towards Gandhi are correct but as an Indian I expect a limited understanding of these matters... Authors, like everyone else, are encumbered by their cultural origins but mr. Herman does a decent job of balancing it. The reason the book seems harsh towards Gandhi and india is because the author seems to have discovered their rather human limitations while researching this book what comes through seems to be his shock more than his bias. It will take centuries of progress before we can write about other cultures with a degree of empathy. I still think it's a good book and people who expect any better merely 75 years after we as humans perpetrated a holocaust are likely wonderful people yet mistaken.

get it now

one of the best books have listened to so far... very enjoyable... highly recommend.. 👍👍👍

Well Done

Making a story of Gandhi & Churchill in this way was very informative. Taking a perspective from 2 people from totally different outlooks & places that made such a difference in history, good or bad was absolutely wonderful to learn. It may be from a biased angle but it was a well done read.

It has it all birth to death of both figures.

It has it all birth to death of both figures. If you thought you knew them, guess again. As I search for the true history of the world from the end of the Victorian age to present I find this book a long, albeit necessarily long, accurate description of two stubborn people that had an unlikely if not unwanted, by them, affect on the world.

A Blockbuster of a Book!!!

This book was like a great movie. You wanted to listen to every word. No skipping forward.
There is no dead spot in this masterpiece.
You finish wanting more.

Simply excellent

This is a very well written history, which I have now listened to twice. I found it so compelling that I subsequently purchased the hard copy so I could read and annotate it. I read the book having already read much on Churchill (including Manchester's biographies) but I wasn't disappointed since this book really focuses primarily on India and Gandhi, but in a manner that also tracks Churchill's life and influence as well. This is truly one of the best audiobooks I've purchased from audible.

Leadership: Passive and Aggresive

A wonderful recount of events that shapped both the future of Great Britan and India. Although things didn't turn out the way either of the two men expected their contributions to history are majestic. The backgrounds of both men and the era they came from makes for interesting reading and a deeper understanding of how they acted/reacted to the events that took place.