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by: Michael Dobbs See Larger Image Amazon.com's Price: $10.67 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780006498001 ISBN: 0006498000 Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 704 Publication Date: May 06, 2003 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 177079 Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Related Items: Churchill's Hour: A Novel of Defiance Churchill's Triumph: A Novel of Betrayal Never Surrender: A Novel of Winston Churchill One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America see more Editorial Review: Product Description: From a bestselling novelist with an unrivalled insight into the workings of power comes a compelling new novel exploring Winston Churchill's remarkable journey from the wilderness to No 10 Downing Street at the beginning of World War II. Saturday 1 October 1938. Two men meet. One is elderly, the other in his twenties. One will become the most revered man of his time, and the other known as the greatest of traitors. Winston Churchill met Guy Burgess at a moment when the world was about to explode. Now in is astonishing new novel, Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's relationship with the Soviet spy and the twenty months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that were to propel Churchill from outcast to messiah and change the course of history. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Truth In Fiction Many writers of historical fiction start with an actual event in history, and then let their imaginations run free. This fascinating book shows great imaginative restraint. Certainly there are fictional threads running through the tale, but Mr. Dobbs seriously wants to tell us about Neville Chamberlain's politics of appeasement, a policy that ended with his downfall as Prime Minister. Throughout the book we are a fly on the wall listening to the political machinations ... Read More Rating: - A great work I picked this book up in Bangkok as I was browsing through a second hand book store, and didn't expect much until I read that this was a novel by the guy who wrote House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut. As mentioned above, this covers the events leading up to World War 2. It provides a great insight into the behind the scenes goings-on in parliament, the rivalries and treacheries in the run up to Winston Churchill becoming Britains war time Prime Minister. It's ... Read More Rating: - An absorbing tale of political infighting Based on historical fact, WINSTON'S WAR is a solid and absorbing fictional rendition of the leadership struggle between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill between October 1, 1938 and May 10, 1940. As the book opens, Chamberlain has returned to 10 Downing Street a public hero after the signing of the Munich Agreement between himself and Adolf Hitler which gave the latter the Sudetenland in return for "peace in our time". Meanwhile, relegated to the periphery of British ... Read More

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