The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
Oct 2014 · Hachette UK
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'A stunning tour de force' - Sunday Telegraph
'Genuinely clever... this book sizzles.' - The Times
Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes on Winston Churchill - a biography like no other.
Brexit, pandemic, economic crisis: Boris Johnson's leadership was an extraordinary period in recent British history, and his inspiration has always been Winston Churchill.
In this book, he explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion - a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing and deep humanity.
Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he embraced large-scale strategic bombing, yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in healthcare, education and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect.
Published in association with Churchill Heritage, The Churchill Factor is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader in a time of crisis.
'A stunning tour de force' - Sunday Telegraph
'Genuinely clever... this book sizzles.' - The Times
Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes on Winston Churchill - a biography like no other.
Brexit, pandemic, economic crisis: Boris Johnson's leadership was an extraordinary period in recent British history, and his inspiration has always been Winston Churchill.
In this book, he explores what makes up the 'Churchill Factor' - the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - with characteristic wit and passion - a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing and deep humanity.
Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he embraced large-scale strategic bombing, yet hated the destruction of war and scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator and won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining and dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in healthcare, education and social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect.
Published in association with Churchill Heritage, The Churchill Factor is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader in a time of crisis.
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July 21, 2021
Boris wishes he could be a leader like Churchill. Read it half way through. This book isn't great but infinitely better than his dictatorship of the country
Kieran Marsden
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December 1, 2018
99p the E book! Wow, that is an astonishingly good price for a book of this caliber. Am almost finished with the physical version and felt the need to leave a comment. Highly highly recommend. Entertaining, educating, and lucid. Johnson has done a brilliant job.
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Chris Iliff
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July 27, 2016
Written in Boris' inimitable style. It may as well be an audio book as you read it you can here his nuances throughout. This makes an intriguing life of a British Hero - which has the danger of being an otherwise heavy read - light hearted and intriguing but with the caveat of someone who is understandably besotted by his hero.
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About the author
Boris Johnson is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. He has represented Uxbridge and South Ruislip as a Member of Parliament since 2015. He previously served as Foreign Secretary (2016-18), and was Mayor of London (2008-16) for two terms, most notably during the London Olympics. He was also MP for Henley-on-Thames (2001-2008). Johnson was born in 1964 and has had a long and colourful career as a journalist, most recently as a columnist for The Telegraph. He was the editor of The Spectator (1999-2005).
He is the author of many books, including the international bestseller The Churchill Factor, which was published in more than twenty countries. He lives in London.
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