Churchill & Son - Josh Ireland - 2021







By: Josh Ireland

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 03-30-21

Language: English

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Historical

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Format: mp3 64/48 stereo







The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph



"Fascinating...well-researched and well-written." (Andrew Roberts) • "Beautifully written... A triumph." (Damien Lewis) • "Fascinating, acute and touching." (Simon Sebag Montefiore)



We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace, the ever-present cigar, the wit and wisdom that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet away from the House of Commons and the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill was a loving family man who doted on his children, none more so than Randolph, his only boy and Winston's anointed heir to the Churchill legacy.



Randolph may have been born in his father's shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far. For decades, throughout Winston's climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable - dining with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son's future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures.



Deeply researched and magnificently crafted, Churchill & Son is a revealing and surprising portrait of one of history's most celebrated figures.



©2021 Josh Ireland (P)2021 Penguin Audio



Critic Reviews



“Students of father-son relationships will find this treatise compelling and full of eyebrow-raising anecdotes.” (Booklist)



“Consistently entertaining and insightful, this deep dive will reward even the most knowledgeable Churchill buff.” (Publishers Weekly)



“In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to each other’s lives. It is notoriously hard to be the child of a great person (although Winston himself managed it), and Randolph has rarely been approached so sympathetically as in this well-researched and well-written book. It proves that whereas Randolph has been mostly remembered as an irritant on the margins of Winston's life, for many years he was a focus of his interest, pride, and love.” (Andrew Roberts, New York Times best-selling author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny)











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