A biography of Churchill in honor of 50 years since his death, including previously unpublished photographs of artifacts in the Churchill Archive Centre; family pictures and private correspondence; telegrams, drafts of speeches, press cuttings and official papers; ephemera, like an early report card that describes him as "very bad--in constant trouble to everybody"; pictorial timelines; public correspondence and historical items given to him; and fascinating and exhaustingly researched captions and quotes.

"A Firefly book"--Title page verso. "First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Cassell, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd"--Title page verso.

Introduction -- Childhood : 1874-1892 -- A young soldier : 1893-1900 -- Early political career : 1900-1914 -- The First World War : 1914-1918 -- Rising through the ranks : 1919-1928 -- The wilderness years : 1929-1939 -- The Second World War : 1939-1945 -- The post-war years : 1946-1965.