Title: too much verbiage
Product review: I read the introduction and the first chapter, then gave up. This author, Richard Holmes, writes long, complicated sentences, using many more words than needed to make his points. At times his meaning seems hidden by piles of verbiage. I often wondered, what did he actually say. That got old fast.In my short read, I found 2 points contradicting other narratives of Churchill's early life.Other books I recall, say young Churchill provided money for his beloved nurse Mrs. Everest after the family let her go with no pension. This book says he didn't, implying he was selfish for not doing so, instead focusing on getting as much money as he could out of his mother for his own wants.Other books say Churchill was psychologically neglected by his parents. This book says instead he was too emotionally demanding of attention from them, not that they were cold and unloving. And that he should have realized this treatment was normal for kids of that time and class.
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