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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781402213922 ISBN: 1402213921 Label: Sourcebooks Landmark Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: September 01, 2008 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Studio: Sourcebooks Landmark Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In this stunning novel, political insider Michael Dobbs brings alive the curmudgeon persona of Winston Churchill. It is 1941, a year of desperation for England battered by the war. Churchill has only one hope, that the U.S. will come to his country's aid, but Roosevelt is unable to do so because America is wedded to isolation. The prime minister's agony is compounded by a very personal dilemma. Pamela, the wife of his dissolute son, Randolph, has fallen in love with FDR's special envoy to England, Averill Harriman. With England threatened by a German invasion and a desperate Russia devastated by the advancing Nazi onslaught, Churchill must convince America his cause is theirs. How he does so is so damning he will take the secret to his grave. Following his acclaimed Churchill novels Never Surrender and Churchill's Triumph, Dobbs' taut reimagining makes England's feisty prime minister jump off the page. Includes bonus reading group guide. PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DOBBS: "Churchill as nature intended: Dobbs captures his famous subject with artistry. With every stroke of his brush, he etches the character deeper into the memory. It is beautifully done." - Sunday Telegraph "Riveting and controversial... Dobbs has the gift of taking you inside his subject's head." - Glasgow Evening Times "Michael Dobbs has always had an uncanny feel for current affairs... This is a typically masterful page-turner." - Hampstead and Highgate Express "Intriguing political drama from a master of the genre." - Irish Independent "An insightful look back in time - Four Stars." - Sunday Express "Michael Dobbs weaves history and imagination into a gripping read. His two previous Churchill novels were bestsellers. This one will join them." - CHOICE magazine "The voice of Churchill rings true... As an insightful, thought-provoking portrait of one man's personal courage and unshakeable conviction, it succeeds magnificently." - Yorkshire Post "Dobbs lifts the lid on the greatest Briton, exposing his strengths, weaknesses, foibles - right down to his table manners - in a way that makes the read utterly compelling... By any standards, this is a remarkable book." - Aberdeen Press and Journal "Entertaining and insightful, it shows how the leader's loyalty towards the cause affected his personal life, and threatened to rip apart his family." - Northern Echo Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not the Worst Historical Novel I've Ever ReadIf you are an uncritical Churchill worshipper, the book is great fun. If stick figures, one dimensional emotions, shallow plotting, a touch of anti-Semitism, and a kind of clunky plotting of history don't excite you, then the book may not be your favorite. Rating:  - CHURCHILL'S MOMENT TO SHINEI now use this book as an extra credit opportunity for my college history students! It is excellently written and has a SUPRISE ENDING! I ask three key questions that are hinted at in the book...did Churchill know ahead of time about the attack on Pearl Harbor? And IF he did, did he tell FDR? And if he DID tell FDR, why didn't FDR react? Or did he? EXCELLENT! Rating: - Winston gets an early Christmas presentThe third historical novel by Michael Dobbs in the Winston Churchill series following WINSTON'S WAR and NEVER SURRENDER, CHURCHILL'S HOUR delivers a pre-Christmas present to Winston in early December 1941 - the United States is sucked into the war against Germany. Here, the time frame is Christmas Day 1940 to December 11, 1941. In that period, John Winant replaces Joseph Kennedy as U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Averell Harriman arrives in Britain as America's Lend-Lease ... Read More Rating: - NoputdownerI was attracted to this book by a review I read in one of the British Sunday newspapers and grabbed it for an airline flight. My only irritation was that I still hadn't finished it by the time we touched down! This book is great. Churchill comes across as if he is real flesh and blood, and some of the other characters are magnificent. I've always had an interest in Pearl Harbour, but mostly on the military side. I had no idea how much passion and deception went into the story. It wasn't just bombs ... Read More Rating: - Gritty Determination in the Face of AdversityThis is the third book in the Churchill series. The Battle of Britain has just about brought Britain to its knees and the bombing of major British cities has begun to an extent to demoralise the British people and further problems occur when Japan is set to begin attacks. The United States are reluctant to become involved in a war in Europe and then there is the unexpected attack on Pearl Harbour which alters the course of events dramatically. Churchill's own personal ... Read More 
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