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Churchill: Walking with Destiny Audiobook – Unabridged

Andrew Roberts (Author), Stephen Thorne (Narrator), Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Churchill by Andrew Roberts, read by Stephen Thorne.

Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in 20th-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.

There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over 40 new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography, to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults, and it allows the listener to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.

During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man. 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote, 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'

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Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Andrew Roberts (Author), Stephen Thorne (Narrator), Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)

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Audible Audiobook
Listening Length: 50 hours and 28 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Audible.com.au Release Date: 4 October 2018
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English, English
ASIN: B07HB9978H
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,348 in Audible (See Top 100 in Audible)
- #14 in World War II Biographies
- #11 in Historical Biographies & Memoirs (Audible)
- #11 in History of Great Britain

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Yug

He rescued our civilisation

1 December 2018

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

This is a new compelling and very well written account of the life of Winston Churchill. The author had access to thousands of new pieces if information, notably the diaries of King George 6th, with whom Churchill had a weekly meeting during his time as Prime Minister. Strongly recommended.

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Rodney Goodall

I just cannot put it down!!!

21 April 2019

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I've read a few biographies on Winston, but this is my favourite. Cogent and coherent, it is a very easy read, crammed with the information one seeks about our heros. I felt by the end I was the great man's personal friend, I knew so much about him.

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dave parkinson

Biography at it’s best!

25 February 2019

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If anyone wants to know about the life and times of Churchill, start with this wonderfully researched book.
It’s a monumental read, but there is something of interest on every page.

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James Rayner

Churchill

17 January 2019

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

A very well written and easy to read account of Churchill's incredible life especially his involvement in the Boer war, WW1 and WW2. A true leader, albeit not a perfect one! (but, is there one?)

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B. Hedley

Winston in perspective

26 January 2019

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A superb “warts and all” book. Throws new light into many areas and shows how human was this giant of a man. Not to be missed.

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giorgio

Easy to read

23 March 2019