Churchill

Walking with Destiny

De: Andrew Roberts

Narrado por: Stephen Thorne

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of 2018
One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2018
One of The New York Times’s Notable Books of 2018

“Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain’s savior.” —Wall Street Journal

In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Last King of America.

When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In Churchill, Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable.

Roberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material: transcripts of War Cabinet meetings, diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchill's contemporaries. The Royal Family permitted Roberts--in a first for a Churchill biographer--to read the detailed notes taken by King George VI in his diary after his weekly meetings with Churchill during World War II. This treasure trove of access allows Roberts to understand the man in revelatory new ways, and to identify the hidden forces fueling Churchill's legendary drive.

We think of Churchill as a hero who saved civilization from the evils of Nazism and warned of the grave crimes of Soviet communism, but Roberts's masterwork reveals that he has as much to teach us about the challenges leaders face today--and the fundamental values of courage, tenacity, leadership and moral conviction.

a bit long but still good

this one was a but long. the most salient lessons were evident in the first third of the book and the remainder just adds a walk through history. nevertheless overall it is good but not awesome. I still give it five stars because the performance is top notch.

Deep sorrow.

I was born in 92 and learned the basics of Churchill in school, he was PM during the Second World War, his look on Hitler, his friendship with Roosevelt. Needless to say it was lacking. But what Roberts has done in this book is nothing short of extraordinary. I feel as though I’m a professional on Churchill now. I will soon be telling all my friends about him.

I found it very helpful to pause to look up speeches in YouTube that corresponded with the part of time while listening. It brought tears to my eyes listening to Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat almost 80 years after it was given. A true testament oratory skill.

Stephen has brought this book to life, given it form, a dimension in its own. It was a pleasure to listen to you for 50 hours.

Conquer we must, as conquer we shall.

Excellent, serious, humorous and balanced.

as a budding Churchill scholar I thoroughly enjoyed this biography of Winston Churchill. Even though I recently read all of The Last Lion biography by William Manchester I still learned new information from this book, was constantly surprised, and enjoyed every minute. I particularly appreciated the fact that this biography addressed many of the current rumors and false characterizations of Winston Churchill that I see in the news today. Narration was excellent it was easy to tell when Churchill was being quoted, but it was never a caricature.

Great Warrior

Excellent book about history and autobiography of a great man.History of a country and the world

Historian Must

I always appreciated Winston Churchill to be a great man. I only knew a small part of the story. After listening for 48 hours about his whole life, I was completely amazed. This planet would be a horribly different place without the amazing accomplishments of Mr. Churchill.