With battalions of biographies and historical studies of Winston Churchill already in the field, British historian Richard Toye has opted for a fresh take and zeros in on one aspect of his life and career – how he made and shaped the news. “As an instinctive showman, and one of the first politicians to be a true global celebrity, he exploited the media … to spectacular effect,” Toye notes in this meticulously researched and engaging study of a life lived in the public eye.
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