Churchill

This is a short review of a great life. I think the author shows the highlights and the depth of Churchill's life. Entertaining and well put together.

This book is excellent in all respects. It is well-written by the great Paul Johnson, who does a magnificent job of distilling the life of Churchill into such a brief volume. Simon Prebble brings it to audio life with skill, professionalism, and nary an off note. The combined effect is a very entertaining audio book. Highest recommendations.

Like many others, I loved this bio due to its ability to paint a well-rounded portrait of one of the 20th Century's most fascinating characters without getting bogged down in too much scholarly detail. Easy to digest without dumbing down the material. If you're at all interested in history, Churchill or psychology, download this one!

Great and encouraging book for leaders.

The story, very well done! Thanks Mr Johnson!

The struggles that never seemed to let up, even after some victories.``

NEVER GIVE UP NEVER GIVE UP

YES

It seems the great majority of negative comments or reviews on this title seem to hinge on the fact that this book does not offer a sufficiently detailed account of this, that, or the other incident of Churchill's life or career or facet of the man himself.

Please consider then, that this book is a summary biography of a man who was a prominent statesman on the geopolitical stage through two of the most pivotal conflicts in world history (the two world wars), and overlapping into a third (the cold war), who found the time, energy, and genius to be a prolific Nobel-Prize winning author, a first-rate adventurer, accomplished painter, master orator, wit, and general renaissance man.

DOZENS of books would have to be written to tell the life story of such a man in any kind of detail. HUNDREDS have. Churchill himself published some 43 book-length works in 72 volumes, many of them documenting his own experiences.

If you want to delve into deep details of all, or some or other episode or adventure out of the incredibly broad sweep of this man's titanic life experience, then by all means, jump into the deep reservoir of works on (or by) Churchill. I should think you could easily keep on reading about Churchill in greater depth for the next decade or so; at least. IF you are not quite ready to devote years, and just want to start out with a reasonable-length summary biography of a truly amazing character, this is a very well written text, very well read by the always competent Simon Prebble.

His loyalty to his nation. No matter what he did what was best for England.

FDR Same era and they way they think is amazing

This is a great overview of Churchill. It is about 5 hr and the pace is brisk, no time for the mind to wander. A number of items covered that I had not noticed in other biography on Winston. Good short review of Churchill.

Extremely shallow and superficial review of Churchill's life. Not as detailed as a "Reader's Digest" version. It seemed to be a poorly abridged version of a much longer book. Many terms, events, and relationships just beg to be addressed and expanded. Overall, there are much better Churchill biographies.

This book assumes Churchill was a great person, and it was written to increase this perception. It is propaganda. I did not finish it.

It overlooks completely the end of the British Empire, in which Churchill played a part.

He was basically a British politician, and the detailed descriptions of his involvement in British politics bored me (as an American).

He was an excellent writer, as all can agree, but he produced no great literature. History will say that he wasted his life and his talents.