Six Minutes in May e-bog
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A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds. A gripping story of Churchill s unlikely rise to power Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain s government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking the helm, b...
E-bog
117,05 DKK
Forlag
Vintage Digital
Udgivet
5 oktober 2017
Længde
528 sider
Genrer
Political leaders and leadership
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781473521711
A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds. A gripping story of Churchill s unlikely rise to power Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain s government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare moves from Britain s disastrous battle in Norway, for which many blamed Churchill, on to the dramatic developments in Westminster that led to Churchill becoming Prime Minister. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving into the key players backgrounds, Shakespeare gives us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history. Totally captivating. It will stand as the best account of those extraordinary few days for very many years Andrew Roberts Superbly written Shakespeare has a novelist s flair for depicting the characters and motives of men The Times Utterly wonderful It reads like a thriller Peter Frankopan SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2018*** Selected as a 2017 Book of the Year in the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Observer and The Economist ***