Biography of Churchill (PB)

作者 Roy Jenkins著
出版社 Pan Macmillan
出版时间 2002年6月
ISBN 9780330488051
定价 182.00

内容简介

RoyJenkin'sChurchillisanexhaustivebiographicalpictureofoneofthemostenigmaticfiguresofthe20thcentury.Fromtheadmiraltytotheminer'sstrike,fromtheBattleofBritaintotheNobelPrize,Churchilloversawsomeofthemostimportanteventstheworldhaseverseen.RoyJenkinspresentstheseevents,whilealsomanagingtoconveythecontradictionsandquirksinChurchill'scharacter.

作者简介

RoyJenkinswastheauthorofmanybooks,includingChurchillandGladstone,whichwontheWhitbreadPrizeforBiography.ActiveinBritishpoliticsforhalfacentury,heenteredtheHouseofCommonsin1948andsubsequentlyservedasMinisterofAviation,HomeSecretary,andChancelloroftheExchequer;hewasalsothePresidentoftheEuropeanCommissionandChancellorofOxfordUniversity.In1987hetookhisseatintheHouseofLords.HediedinJanuary2003.

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