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Winston Churchill -- the Wilderness Years
Winston Churchill -- the Wilderness Years Author:Martin Gilbert This is the story -- published in association with the Masterpiece Theatre series of the same name -- of the ten remarkable years leading to the Second World War, during which Winston Churchill endured and fought his way back from the political wilderness. — In 1928, Churchill had been at the height of his career. He was Chancellor of the ... more »Exchequer and a magnate in the House of Commons, where members of every party flocked to hear his oratory. The leadership of the all-powerful Conservative party seemed within his grasp. A year later, however, all had changed. His party was defeated and Churchill himself was at odds with its leaders.
Then his personal fortune was largely wiped out in the stock market crash. Yet throughout this fearful decade his political foresight and courage were undiminished. Fed with secret inside information by a small, brave band of men, Churchill consistently warned of the Nazi danger and attacked the British government's failure to rearm, gradually arousing public concern. The Wilderness Years presents history on a grand scale, unfolding a decade peopled with such extraordinary figures as Roosevelt, Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. As they move across the world's stage, events build to the ultimate crisis when Britain and Churchill stand alone but together against the Fascist juggernaut.« less