NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Wall Street Journals Ten Best Books of 2018 One of The Economists Best Books of 2018 One of The New York Timess Notable Books of 2018 Unarguably the best singlevolume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling monumental in scope yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britains savior. Wall Street Journal In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material the true genius of the man statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understoodby the bestselling awardwinning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War. When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill the iconic visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved In Churchill Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill from birth to lasting legacy as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable. Roberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material transcripts of War Cabinet meetings diaries letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchills contemporaries. The Royal Family permitted Robertsin a first for a Churchill biographerto read the detailed notes taken by King George VI in his diary after his weekly meetings with Churchill during World War II. This treasure trove of access allows Roberts to understand the man in revelatory new ways and to identify the hidden forces fueling Churchills legendary drive. We think of Churchill as a hero who saved civilization from the evils of Nazism and warned of the grave crimes of Soviet communism but Robertss masterwork reveals that he has as much to teach us about the challenges leaders face todayand the fu