CHURCHILL - THE UNEXPECTED HERO

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first over Nazi Germany, the second over the sceptics who had excluded him from high office. In this incisive new biography, Paul Addison tells the story of Churchills's life in parallel with the history of his reputation. He seeks to explain why Churchill was transformed into a national hero, and why his heroic status has endured ever since in spite of the attempts of iconoclasts to debunk him. He argues that we are now in a position to reach beyond the mythology - both positive and negative - to see the real Winston Churchill, a warrior-statesman whose qualities were remarkably consistent through all the vicissitudes of his career.