A Further Churchill Reading List: Churchill War Leader
- William Tyler
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min read
This is a short list of books I would personally recommend. Most have lengthy bibliographies to take you further. As an adult educator I try to choose books I think you would enjoy and benefit from reading rather than books universities place on student booklists because they believe they should read them!
General Books
Continue to Pester, Nag and Bite Martin Gilbert
Finest Years Max Hastings
Last Hope Island Lynne Olson
The Second World War Winston Churchill
Taking Office May 1940
Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare
Cabinet's Finest Hour David Owen
1940 Laurence Thompson
Blitz and Home Front
The Oaken Heart Margery Allingham
Blitz MJ Gaskin
The Blitz Juliet Gardiner
The Splendid and The Vile Erik Larson
and on 'the Churchill Industry': The Churchill Myths by Steven Fielding et al
There are thousands more books you could read and prosper from!
You're a gifted storyteller, and I love your lectures. You bring history to life in such a disarming way that you vivify long-dead figures. I too am a Churchillian, an ardent admirer of one of the 2 towering figures of the last century (for me) Churchill and Nelson Mandela, the hope of my former home, South Africa. Thank you.
Thank you for all your talks, but particularly for the talks on Churchill. They are wonderful.