Winston S. Churchill






Winston S. Churchill

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born
November 30, 1874

died
January 24, 1965

gender
male

place of birth
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

genre
History


about this author

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874–24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his own historical writings, "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."




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The Gathering Storm The Gathering Storm
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.27 — 201 ratings — published 1948
6 editions
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History of the English Speakin... History of the English Speaking Peoples: Birth of Britian Vol 1
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.12 — 155 ratings — published 1950
17 editions
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Their Finest Hour Their Finest Hour
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.29 — 130 ratings — published 1949
10 editions
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The Second World War The Second World War (Six Volume Boxed Set)
by Winston S. Churchill, John Keegan
avg rating 4.56 — 107 ratings — published 1959
17 editions
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My Early Life: 1874-1904 My Early Life: 1874-1904
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.22 — 88 ratings — published 1944
7 editions
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The Grand Alliance The Grand Alliance
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.16 — 82 ratings — published 1950
5 editions
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The Hinge of Fate The Hinge of Fate
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.38 — 68 ratings — published 1950
7 editions
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Triumph and Tragedy Triumph and Tragedy
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.34 — 64 ratings — published 1953
6 editions
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Closing the Ring Closing the Ring
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.38 — 55 ratings — published 1951
7 editions
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Never Give In! The Best of Win... Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches
by Winston S. Churchill
avg rating 4.32 — 44 ratings — published 2003
6 editions
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
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