Churchill: A Photographic Portrait

Churchill: A Photographic Portrait

by Dr Martin Gilbert (Author), Dr Martin Gilbert (Author)

Synopsis

The photographs and cartoon portraits in this volume, selected from a total of more than five thousand collected by Martin Gilbert over several years, vividly portray the variety and span of Churchill's life. More than a third of the photographs and most of the cartoons came from Sir Winston's own albums. Many of these photographs have appeared nowhere else. Many were rescued from fading originals, or from glass-plate negatives on the verge of destruction. As here displayed, they are supported by a rich historical commentary, often in Churchill's own words or those of his contemporaries. Martin Gilbert has been able to date many of the photographs precisely, and then to find in the archives what Churchill was writing or saying at that time.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 04 Nov 1999

ISBN 10: 0712665633
ISBN 13: 9780712665636
Book Overview: A wonderful pictorial anthology - and a vivid introduction to Churchill's life.

Media Reviews
As fine a collection of photographs as has yet been collected * New Statesman *
A wonderful pictorial anthology. * Sunday Times *
A vivid and exciting introduction to Churchill's life. * Books & Bookmen *
A continuously intriguing and wholly admirable collection of the best pictures of Churchill in transit and in repose. * Tablet *
Author Bio
Martin Gilbert is a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and an eminent historian. He is well known as the official biographer of Winston Churchill and as a chronicler of the Holocaust and of Jewish history. His books include Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century (also available in Pimlico), The Holocaust, First World War, Second World War and The Day the War Ended (8 May 1945). He lives in London, and has a home in Jerusalem. He was knighted in 1995.