Sir Winston Churchill

Born of an American mother amid the splendors of Blenheim Place in the English countryside in 1874, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was to leave a unique mark on history.  Throughout a distinguished army career, marriage, war and peace, he gained the love and respect of the British nation, being honored with a state funeral upon his death in 1965. In this illustrated biography we discover not only the soldier and politician, but also the artist and writer, whose skill with the written word is legendary.