![]() ![]() It was generally known that Winston Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome of New York, had had an affair (like many other attractive women) with the then–Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. Everest), tempestuous school career-throughout which he defied sadistic school masters who caned him fiercely but to no effect-are all fairly well known, but this author adds touches that are the fruit of surpassing research. If I were not conscientiously able to write a good review, I would have declined the assignment.Ĭhurchill’s complicated relations with his parents, rather unloved upbringing (except for his nanny, the admirable Mrs. (It would not be fair to anyone to bring in Sir Martin Gilbert’s eight-volume official biography, with many accompanying volumes of relevant documents.) Disclosure requires that I mention that Andrew Roberts is a good friend of many years, and that we have written many positive reviews of each other’s books. As a chronology of an exceptional life, this is a very fine book that bears comparison with the generally best-regarded single-volume lives of Churchill by Roy Jenkins and Geoffrey Best. 1 The author’s sharp sense of humor is often in evidence and warmly complements Churchill’s own. ![]() L ike all of Andrew Roberts’s histories, Churchill is massively researched and exquisitely written. ![]()
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