Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness

Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness

<b>'It brings its subject vividly, unforgettably back to life.' - <em>The Washington Post</em></b><br /><br />British Prime Minister Winston Churchill led one of the most astonishing lives that public service has ever witnessed. <br /><br />Famed for his courageous leadership against Hitler in WW2, his witticisms and his larger-than-life persona, comparatively little is known of Churchill's equally extraordinary pre-war life.<br /><br />Focusing on the early experiences that shaped his ambition, this fascinating biography from Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert Lewis Taylor, delves into the private life of Churchill as a student, a journalist and a soldier. <br /><br /><em>An Informal Study of Greatness</em> is a delightful and revealing study of a man who, as Taylor puts it, was one of ‘multiple genius’ and ‘one of the most exasperating figures of history.’ <br /><br /><h2>Praise for Robert Lewis Taylor</h2><br /><br /><b>‘Tremendously entertaining reading’ - <em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br /><br />‘A prolific and witty writer’ – <em>The New York Times</em><br /><br />Robert Lewis Taylor</b> (1912-1998) was born in southern Illinois and educated at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. Upon graduation, he lived in Europe and in Polynesia; then, after a brief interlude as editor of a weekly newspaper, became a reporter for the <em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</em>. In 1940 he joined <em>The New Yorker</em> magazine as a writer of profiles and other long pieces. Taylor is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel <em>The Travels of Jamie McPheeters</em> and the acclaimed biography, <em>W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes</em>.