A biography of the hard facts of Churchill's public life and the intimate details of the private man.

Includes index.

Childhood --Harrow -- Towards the Army -- Second Lieutenant -- In Action -- To Omdurman and beyond -- South Africa: Adventure, Capture, Escape -- Into Parliament -- Revolt and Responsibilities -- The Social Field -- Home Secretary -- At the Admiralty -- The Coming of War in 1914 -- War -- Isolation and Escape -- In the Trenches -- 'Deep and Ceaseless Torments' -- Minister of Munitions -- At the War Office -- Colonial Secretary -- Return to the Wilderness -- At the Exchequer -- Out of Office -- The Moment of Truth -- No Place for Churchill -- From Munich to War -- Return to the Admiralty -- Prime Minister -- Britain at Bay -- The Widening War -- Planning for Victory -- Illness and Recovery -- Normandy and Beyond -- War and Diplomacy -- 'Advance, Britannia!' -- 'An Iron Curtain' -- Mapping the Past, Guiding the Future -- Prime Minister in Peacetime -- Recovery, Last Ambition, Resignation -- Last Years.