On the rear jacket of this fascinating and important book is a picture of Winston Churchill at his desk at Chartwell, his house in Kent, just a few months before the outbreak of World War II. Apparently caught in the moment of literary creation, cigar in mouth and concentrating on his papers, the photo credit – to a Picture Post photographer – leads to the obvious suspicion that this was actua ... (read more)
Richard Toye
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Richard Toye is Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of, among other works, Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness (2007), Churchill’s Empire: The World that Made Him and the World He Made (2010), and The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill’s World War II Speeches (2013).