# Churchill's Shadow

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- Authors: [Geoffrey Wheatcroft](https://www.bookquiver.com/geoffrey-wheatcroft)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-15-2911-099-9
- Pages: 640
- Published: 2023-04-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In A. J. P. Taylor's words, Churchill was 'the saviour of his country' when he became prime minister in 1940. Yet he was also a deeply flawed character. Giving due credit to Churchill's achievements but making no secret of his failures, Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a radically different approach to other biographies. Going far beyond a reappraisal of a life and a career, he reveals the complex shadow Churchill has cast over post-war British history and contemporary politics. Telling the story of Churchill's extraordinary life and the equally fascinating one of his legacy, Churchill's Shadow focuses on how we as a nation have been living in the grip of his self-written myth ever since his death.