Roy Jenkins

Biografía de Winston Churchill, al que la historia llamó para escribir el curso del mundo. Churchill, estadista, historiador, escritor y orador británico, recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1953.Se le concedio por sus obras historicas, sus articulos periodisticos y por sus brillantes discursos, que lo erigen como uno de los principales oradores del siglo XX. El libro contiene fotografias de la epoca.

From the admiralty to the miner''s strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill''s character.In depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a magnificent one-volume biography of an extraordinary life. In some ways a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, Churchill is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey."There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year." Robert McCrum, Observer"This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography " Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph"Lord Jenkins of Hillhead is an outstanding biographer...it has the narrative power, sweep and sparkle of the author in his prime. " John Grigg, Times

A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there are so far none. In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character. He was a skilled politician with astounding flexibility; he oversaw an incomparable mobilization of American industrial and military effort; and, all the while, he aroused great loyalty and dazzled those around him with his personal charm. Despite several setbacks and one apparent catastrophe, his life was buoyed by the influence of Eleanor, who was not only a wife but an adviser and one of the twentieth century's greatest political reformers. Nearly complete before Lord Jenkins' death in January 2003, this volume was finished by historian Richard Neustadt.

8483075202Sin duda alguna, el primer ministro más celebrado del siglo XX, Winston Churchill, constituye un icono de la historia moderna. Aunque estuvo en el primer plano de la escena política durante casi sesenta años, sin la Segunda Guerra Mundial no habria sido recordado mas que como un actor secundario en las obras del gobierno britanico. En este brillante relato de su vida, Roy Jenkins emplea su habilidad como aclamado biografo para analizar el excepcional personaje de Churchill con todas sus grandezas y debilidades. Describe como a una edad muy temprana Churchill supo que estaba destinado a interpretar un gran papel en la vida de la nacion y como se preparo para cumplir ese reto. Utilizando su propia experiencia, asi como su formidable conocimiento de la historia politica de Gran Bretaña, Jenkins ilumina la carrera parlamentaria de Churchill con todas sus campañas, elecciones y cambios de lealtad, sus virtudes y sus puntos flacos. La gran atencion prestada en este libro a la vida politica de Churchill muestra lo amplia que fue su experiencia parlamentaria. Durante casi dieciseis años, desde la creacion de Surafrica, pasando por la Huelga General y la crisis de la abdicacion de Eduardo VIII, hasta la batalla de Bretaña y la creacion del Telon de Acero, la vida de Churchill fue Westminster. Jenkins evoca de forma deslumbrante el espiritu de esos años con una profunda comprension politica, al tiempo que evalua la otra vertiente importante de la carrera de Churchill: su prolifica obra escrita. El progreso y los sucesos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial se siguen con gran detalle, recordandonos lo precariamente que Gran Bretaña se mantuvo en el filo de la navaja entre 1939 y 1941. El empuje de Churchill, como da fe este libro, fue una parte esencial para la supervivencia y la victoria.

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. In depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a magnificent one-volume biography of an extraordinary life. In some ways a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, "Churchill" is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey. "There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year." - Robert McCrum, "Observer". "This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography " - Andrew Roberts, "Sunday Telegraph". "Lord Jenkins of Hillhead is an outstanding biographer...it has the narrative power, sweep and sparkle of the author in his prime." - John Grigg, "Times".

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. In depth analysis and brilliant historical research make this a magnificent one-volume biography of an extraordinary life. In some ways a companion piece to his excellent biography of Gladstone, "Churchill" is packed with insights that only a fellow politician could convey. 'There is no doubt that he has surpassed himself. This is the biography of the year' - Robert McCrum, "Observer". 'This is a first class, well-sustained work of history and a masterpiece of biography' - Andrew Roberts, "Sunday Telegraph". 'Lord Jenkins of Hillhead is an outstanding biographer...it has the narrative power, sweep and sparkle of the author in his prime' - John Grigg, "Times".

Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons and was prime minister four times, a unique accomplishment. From his critical role in the formation of the Liberal Party to his preoccupation with the cause of Irish Home Rule, he was a commanding politician and statesman nonpareil. But Gladstone the man was much more: a classical scholar, a wide-ranging author, a vociferous participant in all the great theological debates of the day, a voracious reader, and an avid walker who chopped down trees for recreation. He was also a man obsessed with the idea of his own sinfulness, prone to self-flagellation and persistent in the practice of accosting prostitutes on the street and attempting to persuade them of the errors of their ways.Gladstone, by historian and eminent politician Roy Jenkins, is a full and deep portrait of a complicated man, offering a sweeping picture of a tumultuous century in British history, and is also a brilliant example of the biographers art.

From the admiralty to the miners strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his personal writing and cautioning against a powerful Soviet Russia in his later years in office, his larger-than-life and complex personality has continued to fascinate writers and historians.In this comprehensive biography, Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchills character. Weaving together in-depth analysis and brilliant historical research, Jenkins has succeeded in crafting this magnificent one-volume account packed with insights that only a fellow politician can convey.Bringing to life the statesman, writer, speaker and leader, Churchill is packed with insights into one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.

Roy Jenkins follows up Churchill with a book of a very different shape; short and semi-autobiographical, but also full of the wit and erudition which make that book such a success. Each of the twelve cities are described with a mixture of architectural interest, topographical insight, and personal anecdote. Jenkins has three British cities: Cardiff, which was the metropolis of his Monmouthshire childhood, Birmingham which he represented in Parliament for 27 years, and Glasgow, which aroused in him an enthusiasm far transcending politics. Further afield there is Paris, Brussels, where he lived for four years as President of the European Commission; Bonn, and Berlin, surveyed from its pre-war splendour, through to its architectural resurgence of the 1990s, Naples and Barcelona. From Lord Jenkinss over a hundred visits to North America there emerge highly personal recollections of New York and a more objective view of the of Chicago. Dublin, so near to home and yet so distant, makes up the dozen. Twelve Cities is a fascinating and sparkling collection from one of our very finest writers

From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, a towering historical biography, available for the first time in paperback.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons and was prime minister four times, a unique accomplishment. From his critical role in the formation of the Liberal Party to his preoccupation with the cause of Irish Home Rule, he was a commanding politician and statesman nonpareil. But Gladstone the man was much more: a classical scholar, a wide-ranging author, a vociferous participant in all the great theological debates of the day, a voracious reader, and an avid walker who chopped down trees for recreation. He was also a man obsessed with the idea of his own sinfulness, prone to self-flagellation and persistent in the practice of accosting prostitutes on the street and attempting to persuade them of the errors of their ways. This full and deep portrait of a complicated man offers a sweeping picture of a tumultuous century in British history, and is also a brilliant example of the biographers art.

A partir de su propia experiencia y de su extraordinario conocimiento de la historia de Gran Bretaña, Roy Jenkins analiza en esta obra monumental la vida de uno de los iconos de la historia política moderna de Europa a traves de sus campañas, elecciones, cambios de opinion, virtudes y defectos. La creacion de Sudafrica, el Telon de Acero, la huelga general de 1926, la crisis de la abdicacion de Eduardo VIII, la Batalla de Inglaterra Jenkins radiografia con especial intensidad los dieciseis años que Churchill paso en Westminster, y durante los que se convirtio en una herramienta esencial para la supervivencia y la victoria de toda una nacion.

«¿Necesitamos otra biografía de Churchill? Sí, si es tan buena como esta.» The GuardianA partir de su propia experiencia y de su extraordinario conocimiento de la historia de Gran Bretaña, Roy Jenkin