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Roberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material: transcripts of War Cabinet meetings, diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchill's contemporaries.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.

Excellent

Churchill was an amazing man. The biography is well researched and well written, and the performance is excellent. Highly recommended.

A very well executed biography

This was a terrific audiobook. The narrative was interesting and the performance perfectly suited to the material. I recommend it highly.

Excellent

An excellent and comprehensive account of Churchill’s life, legacy, and the persuasion techniques that contributed to his success. I was quite captivated by Andrew Robert’s detailed consideration of how intentional and important Churchill’s speaking, communication, and writing skills were to his success. So many times it resurrected him from defeat that would have sunk just about anyone else. This book could just as easily have been subtitled: The Power of Effective Communication.

Epic life told in epic fashion

Andrew Roberts has done a great service to history in this epic biography. Easily the best biography I’ve ever read. The leader the world needed in a role his entire life prepared him for.

I’m young. I knew of Churchill. Now I know Churchill.

I found myself drawn deeply by the nuances of character that WC exhibited. The Ethos, Logos and pathos exhibited by A. Roberts rendition of WC leaves no paucity in understanding or appreciation. Mr. Thorne’s dynamic and resonating performance fully reflects the Authenticity of WC. I wept as if I had lost a friend, at the end. I will purchase the hardcopy and enjoy this book again.