Churchill
A Graphic Biography
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- $129.00
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- $129.00
Descripción editorial
"A wholly original and fresh approach to historical biography. Churchill would have been delighted to be a comic book hero!" —Phil Reed, Emeritus Director, Churchill War Rooms
This innovative graphic biography of Winston Churchill tells his extraordinary story, from his upbringing, through his military exploits and experience of the First World War, to his pivotal role in the Second World War. It explores the details of Churchill's life within its historical and political context and brings the story to vivid life with precision, clarity and stunning visuals.
With a foreword by Andrew Roberts, the biography is followed by extensive background information. Beautifully drawn, bursting with facts, and highly accessible, this graphic biography will introduce a new generation of readers to Churchill's incredible career and important legacy.
"This biography presents Churchill's part in this conflict in a detailed yet inventive manner, making this accessible for people of all ages and knowledge." —Comic-Watch
"A highly original approach, using the comic strip style to tell his story. With magnificent artwork and a lively text, and a foreword by the historian and biography Andrew Roberts, it captures all the drama and excitement of his long life up to the victory over Nazi Germany." —Leo McKinstry, author of Attlee and Churchill
"A full and wholly fair representation of the most adventurous life in the history of British politics . . . there is not a word I would have changed in the text of this excellent graphical account." —Andrew Roberts, New York Times-bestselling author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
"A novel and riveting re-telling of the Churchill legend." —Professor Gary Sheffield
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A foreword by historian Andrew Roberts (Churchill: Walking with Destiny) starts off this slim graphic biography of Winston Churchill on a high note: tart, incisive, and celebratory while brooking no illusions. Delmas (Charlemagne) picks up the baton in assured fashion, portraying the young British aristocrat as starving for adventure and fame. Eager to fight in British colonial skirmishes from South Africa to Sudan, and convinced he will die young, Churchill is presented as an impetuous glory seeker determined to "make history" by writing it himself, if necessary. His ambitious climb to political power (Parliament, the Admiralty) are rendered with great elan in the art by Regnault and Cammardella. Once the world wars begin, though, Delmas's account turns more narrowly heroic in scope. While noting Churchill's missteps, such as the Dardanelles fiasco during WWI, the narrative is more eager to present him as the one-dimensional British bulldog who defeated Hitler. Besides sidestepping controversies like Churchill's role in the 1943 India famine and ignoring nearly any personal aspects (from his prodigious writing to bouts of crippling depression), Delmas also curiously drops the story at the end of WWII. The result is an energetically drawn but perfunctory portrait.
