Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer

Peter Clarke

Bloomsbury Publishing, Jul 5, 2012 - History - 368 pages

A fascinating new look at a neglected side of Winston Churchill - his life as a professional author - revealing how his most important literary work shaped his role as a world leader, and the history of the Second World War

About the author

Peter Clarke was formerly a professor of modern history and Master of Trinity Hall at Cambridge. His many books include Keynes: The Twentieth Century's Most Influential Economist, The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire, The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936 and the acclaimed final volume of the Penguin History of Britain, Hope and Glory, Britain 1900-2000. He lives with his wife, the Canadian writer Maria Tippett, in Cambridge, England, and Pender Island, British Columbia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mr Churchill's Profession: Statesman, Orator, Writer
• Author: Peter Clarke
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012
• ISBN: 1408818876, 9781408818879
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: History / Modern / 20th Century