title: In Search of Churchill: A Historian's Journey
author:  Martin Gilbert 
description: Gilbert's eight-volume biography of Churchill is the largest ever written and, in the opinion of many, the greatest. This book is a fascinating account of the author's 30-year quest for his subject, offering a provocative glimpse into how a successful biographer practices his craft. Contains fresh new vignettes of Churchill which are not included in the official biography along with a concise insightful history of the era in which Britain's most famous prime minister lived.
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  Churchill America
  
  
  
  
  
  Martin Gilbert  
  Simon Schuster (2005)  
  Tags: | Europe, World War II, General, Nonfiction, Historical, Churchill;
  Winston, Biography Autobiography, Military, Great Britain, Biography, History,
  Political, Great Britain - Politics and Government - 20th Century, Prime
  Ministers, Prime Ministers - Great Britain - Biography  
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  Winstonttt Biography Autobiographyttt Militaryttt Great Britainttt
  Biographyttt Historyttt Politicalttt Great Britain - Politics and Government -
  20th Centuryttt Prime Ministersttt Prime Ministers - Great Britain -
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  In this stirring book, Martin Gilbert tells the intensely human story of
  Winston Churchill's profound connection to America, a relationship that
  resulted in an Anglo-American alliance that has stood at the center of
  international relations for more than a century.
  
  
  Winston Churchill, whose mother, Jenn