Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland
Churchill & Son by Josh Ireland
We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace that could sometimes dissolve into an impish grin, the ever-present cigar, the swaggering defiance that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet there was another side to him: vulnerable, sentimental, unsure of himself.
Winston had been shaped, for better and worse, by his own father's cruel indifference to him. When Winston's only son, Randolph, was born, he was determined to do things differently. For decades, as his fortunes ebbed and flowed, father and son were inseparable -- dining and plotting with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling champagne at high-society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Randolph was captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma. Winston was obsessed by his beautiful, turbulent son's future. But their love was complex and combustible; complicated by money, class, and privilege; shaded by ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures. This is the story of how Winston Churchill built and broke his son.
Dutton, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2021
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