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Chargement... Churchill: Walking with Destiny (édition 2018)par Andrew Roberts (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I don't read/listen to many biographies as long as this, but it was worth the time spent. The book details his public and private life, not shying away from any negative aspects. I learned a great deal about Churchill as well as the times in which he lived. The narrator was excellent and even sounded like Churchill. ( ) I don't read/listen to many biographies as long as this, but it was worth the time spent. The book details his public and private life, not shying away from any negative aspects. I learned a great deal about Churchill as well as the times in which he lived. The narrator was excellent and even sounded like Churchill. What a life. I had been looking for some time for a single volume biography of Winston Churchill and when this one appeared and got exceptional reviews I knew I would read it. It checked in at over 1100 pages and with good reason. Churchill had about as full a life as one could imagine. I was simply amazed at how much he did and how much he was involved in. I won't even try to summarize his life, but I was fascinated by how realpolitik he was in many ways. Instead of hewing WITHOUT DEVIATION to a philosophy (conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism), he adapted and changed to keep his core principles of duty and fairness on target. Some of the quotes I marked speak to this. For instance, "[i]n both parties there are fools at one end and crackpots at the other, but the great body in the middle is sound and wise." I saw much that speaks to our current situation. I wish we had some strong minded and quick witted types like him to counter the bile being spewed in America these days. And in terms of our current malady of false equivalencies, "[e]xcept insofar as force is concerned, there is not equality between right and wrong." Exactly. We don't need equivalence between those who think the earth is flat and those with working brains. Churchill's wit was amazing and so quick. I was amazed at how he could get right to the heart of a matter in just seconds. Much of what everyone thinks they know about him is either wrong or just not entirely correct. I enjoyed getting to know him better through this readable, thorough, and enjoyable book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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La meilleure biographie de Churchill, abondée de documents inédits. De Churchill, croit-on, tout a été dit – en premier lieu par lui-même. Et pourtant, Andrew Roberts est parvenu à exhumer des articles de presse, des correspondances privées, des journaux intimes – le moindre n'étant pas celui du roi Georges VI, jusque-là sous clé – qui ne figurent dans aucune des mille biographies environ déjà consacrées à ce personnage essentiel de la Grande-Bretagne et du XXe siècle. Tout cela lui permet de proposer un récit extrêmement enlevé, fondé sur une abondance de citations désormais " classiques ", mais également souvent peu connues voire inédites qui apportent une éclairage parfois convergent, parfois contrasté sur l'homme Churchill. Démêlant le vrai du faux, tordant le cou aux nombreux mythes voire aux calomnies qui lui collent à la peau, mais relevant les critiques justifiées dont il est loin d'être exempt, Roberts brosse avec maestria le portrait de ce " Vieux Lion " dont toute la vie avant 1940 n'a fait que préparer le grand œuvre que demeurent ses années de guerre. Il livre là ce qui est sans doute la meilleure biographie de ce géant de l'histoire. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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