Eminent Churchillians (Roberts Andrew)(Paperback)

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian.''The best sort of history - revealing, gossipy and acidulous'' OBSERVERThis highly praised book by the Wolfson History Prize-winning author of SALISBURY tackles six aspects of Churchilliana and uncovers a plethora of disturbing facts about wartime and post-war Britain.His revelations include: - The case for the impeachment of Lord Mountbatten- The Nazi sympathies of Sir Arthur Bryant, hitherto considered a ''patriotic historian''- The British establishment''s doubt about Churchill''s role after Dunkirk- The appeasement of the trade unions in Churchill''s Indian summer- The inside story of black immigration in the early 1950s- The anti-Churchill stance adopted by the Royal Family in 1940
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