Triumph & Tragedy
Written by Winston Churchill
Narrated by Michael Jayston
4.5/5
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill was a British military man, statesman, and Nobel-prize winning author, and, by virtue of his service during both the First and Second World Wars, is considered to be one of the greatest wartime leaders of the twentieth century. Born to the aristocracy, Churchill pursued a career in the British Army, seeing action in British India and in the Second Boer War, and later drew upon his experiences in these historic conflicts in his work as a war correspondent and writer. After retiring from active duty, Churchill moved into politics and went on to hold a number of important positions in the British government. He rose to the role of First Lord of the Admiralty during the First World War and later to the role of prime minister, a position that he held twice, from 1940-1945 and from 1951-1955. A visionary statesman, Churchill was remarkable for his ability to perceive emerging threats to international peace, and predicted the rise of Nazi Germany, the Second World War, and the Iron Curtain. In his later years Churchill returned to writing, penning the six-volume Second World War series, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, and many other historical and biographical works. Winston Churchill died in 1965 and, after one of the largest state funerals to that point in time, was interred in his family’s burial plot.
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Reviews for Triumph & Tragedy
218 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One of the great writers, as well as leaders, of the 20th C. Too bad this is abridged, and too bad the reader feels that he has to imitate the voice of Churchill, which is inimitable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5most enjoyable.indepth enough. stalin and Churchill could drink the bar dry.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5fascinating and educational perspective of the prelude to WWII as well as during the war itself. some of the details about specific battles kind of seem undistinguished and like a long laundry list in places, but I learned quite a few new things that I don't think are commonly known about the war years from an American standpoint. A must read/listen for WWII history buffs.