In this incisive new biography, Paul Addison tells the story of Churchill's life in parallel with the history of his reputation.

Paul Addison is an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars at the University of Edinburgh.

• Prologue


• 1: The Youngest Man in Europe 1874-1901


• 2: The Renegade 1901-1911


• 3: The Lilliput Napoleon 1911-1915


• 4: The Winstonburg Line 1915-1924


• 5: Respectability Won and Lost 1924-1939


• 6: The Making of a Hero 1939-1945


• 7: Climbing Olympus 1945-1965


• 8: Churchill Past and Present


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index