![]() ![]() The second is his time in the political wilderness, when his ego has driven him from power and into writing and thinking. The first is Churchill as a young, ambitious man. Each book in the series is equally distinct and interesting. ![]() The book is masterfully written about a masterful man-Churchill was a soldier, a writer, a politician, a statesman, a strategist and a true great man of history. Like all truly great long reads, you learn not just about the subject but every intersecting one: the history of British peerage, the Victorian era, the British Empire, Colonialism, modern warfare, international relations, evil, the nature of genius, the effects of absent parents. ![]() After the Caro series, I started William Manchester’s equally epic three volume set on Winston Churchill (Visions of Glory, Alone, Defender of the Realm) which Robert Greene gave me as a wedding present last year.
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