Winston Churchill's remarkable life recounted through his writing and speeches.
Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965), was Prime Minister of Britain in
war (1940-5) and peace (1951-5). After completing his education at
Harrow and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he spent six
years in the army. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1901
until 1963. His published works include memoirs of his childhood
and of both world wars, 22 volumes of speeches, 6 volumes of
collected published articles, and one novel, Savrola. In 1953 he
received the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1908 he married
Clementine Hozier; they had four daughters and one son.
Sir Martin Gilbert, one of Britain's leading historians, is the
author of more than eighty books, including six volumes of the
Churchill Biography and eleven volumes of Churchill documents. His
other books include Churchill- A Life, The First World War, The
Second World War, A History of the Twentieth Century, and twelve
historical atlases, including Atlas of the Second World War. He is
an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 2009 he was
appointed a Privy Councillor, and a member of the British
Government's Iraq Inquiry.
Sir Martin Gilbert can be contacted on his website-
www.martingilbert.com.
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