Size: 239.1 MB | Language: English | Uploaded by: anonymous | Seeders: 16 | Leechers: 2
We begin in the 1880s, when the rapid rise and sudden end of the brilliant, audacious Lord Randolph Churchill make an enduring impact on his young son. Thirty years later, Winston has forged a successful political career and become Home Secretary – but the Agadir crisis sees him stepping into a new role and preparing for war. As First Lord of the Admiralty, he presides over the disastrous 1915 Dardanelles campaign and is forced to resign; but by 1926 he is back in the Cabinet, fighting the General Strike with troops and his own newspaper, the British Gazette. In the 1930s, Churchill almost meets Hitler for dinner at a Munich hotel. History, however, has other plans, and it is not until 1940 that the fates of the two men become intertwined, when Chamberlain steps down as Prime Minister and the King sends for Churchill…