Young titan : the making of Winston Churchill
(2013)
By:
Shelden, Michael
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/CHURCHILL,W
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2013]
©2013
©2013
DESCRIPTION
x, 383 pages, 8 leaves of plates ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781451609912 (hardcover), 1451609914 (hardcover), 9781451609912, 1451609914 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Prelude: the prime minister -- Introduction: the young titan -- 1901-1905. -- A new world -- A family affair -- Born for opposition -- The duke's smile -- Empire dreams -- The great rift -- Departures -- The bachelor and the heiress -- Fortunate son -- 1906-1910. -- Winners and losers -- The world at his feet -- Private lives -- The political maiden -- A place in the sun -- Best laid plans -- The castle -- Eminent Edwardian -- Sound and fury -- Life and death -- 1910-1915. -- Valiant -- Storm signals -- Armada -- The old man and the sea -- Wings -- Countdown -- Last stand