A biography of Churchill covering his early life, the soldier, the foreign correspondent, the young politician, his wilderness years, his years as Prime Minister at the age of 65 and his subsequent career. The author examines the private man, the journalist, historian, painter and family man.

In this biography of Churchill from birth to death the author considers the soldier and foreign corresponent in India, the Sudan and South Africa, the brilliant young politician of the pre-1914 era who acted as a daring initiator of the Gallipoli and Antwerp campaigns at the start of World War I, his chequered career in the 1920s and his wilderness years in the 1930s and his years as Prime Minister. His subsequent career, in opposition and as Prime Minister for the second time, is surveyed. The author examines the private man, the journalist, historian, painter and family man. The author has written many books including "The Origins of the Labour Party", "The Challenge of Socialism", "Labour and Politics", "Modern Britain", "Britain and the Second World War" and "The Labour Governments".

Birth and parentage
schoolboy and cadet
subaltern and war correspondent
Member of Parliament
Colonial Under-secretary
President of the Board of Trade
Home Secretary
First Lord of the Admiralty
early married life
Antwerp and the Dardanelles
Battalion Commander and Opposition Spokesman
munitions
Secretary of State in the post-war coalition
out of Parliament, 1922-4
Chancellor of the Exchequer
private life and public critics, 1918-29
out of office - Indian affairs
the road to war
private life - historian and journalist, 1929-39
First Lord again
the finest hour
the expanding war
1942, the critical year
from Alamein to Overlord
from D-day to VE-day
the caretaker government and the election, May to July 1945
Leader of the Opposition 1945-49
on the edge of power 1950-1
Prime Minister again 1951-5
in retirement, 1955-65. Appendices: Offices of State held by Churchill
Winston Churchill's books
select list of unpublished sources
select bibliography of books on Churchill.