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Winston S. Churchill

Born

in Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

November 30, 1874

Died

January 24, 1965

Genre

History, Biography

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, politician and writer, as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955 led Great Britain, published several works, including The Second World War from 1948 to 1953, and then won the Nobel Prize for literature.

William Maxwell Aitken, first baron Beaverbrook, held many cabinet positions during the 1940s as a confidant of Churchill.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can), served the United Kingdom again. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill also served as an officer in the Army. This prolific author "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."

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Winston S. Churchill’s books

Average rating: 4.32 · 54,972 ratings · 4,178 reviews · 1,402 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 7,816 ratings — published 1948 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Early Life, 1874-1904 4.26 avg rating — 5,014 ratings — published 1930 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Finest Hour (The Second World War, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 4,659 ratings — published 1949 — 164 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 3,653 ratings — published 1956 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Alliance (The Second World War, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 3,157 ratings — published 1950 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hinge of Fate (The Second World War, #4) 4.44 avg rating — 2,426 ratings — published 1950 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triumph and Tragedy (The Second World War, #6) 4.45 avg rating — 2,349 ratings — published 1953	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5) 4.44 avg rating — 2,251 ratings — published 1951 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second World War: The Nobel Prize-Winning History of World War II 4.48 avg rating — 1,822 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 1956 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Winston S. Churchill

The Second World War (6 books)
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (4 books)
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The Second World War (Condensed edition) (4 books)
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The World Crisis (6 books)
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Marlborough: His Life and Times (American Editions) (4 books)
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Quotes by Winston S. Churchill (?)

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success

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“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: attributed-no-source, convictions, criticism

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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: truth

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

12 votes, 26.1%

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

10 votes, 21.7%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

8 votes, 17.4%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

4 votes, 8.7%

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake

4 votes, 8.7%

Shōgun by James Clavell

4 votes, 8.7%

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

2 votes, 4.3%

A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 Vols by Winston S. Churchill

1 vote, 2.2%

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

1 vote, 2.2%

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

0 votes, 0.0%

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