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Churchill as historian by Maurice Ashley (£6.50)
Publisher: Secker & Warburg — 1968
Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0436021501]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Description: Illustrated by way of: Illustrated endpapers and blanks;
From the cover: “In the course of his long life Winston Churchill wrote many historical books, at least twenty-five of them. Some were partly autobiographical, others, such as his Marlborough and his History of the English-speaking Peoples, pure narrative.
Was he a good or a great historian? Dr Maurice Ashley, himself an experienced historical writer best known for his books on the seventeenth century, attempts to answer this question. He paints a vivid portrait of the great statesman’s approach to history and view of the past.
As a young scholar fresh from Oxford Dr Ashley assisted Churchill at a time when he was at his prime as an author, spending many of his days in writing because for the moment he was in the political wilderness. Thus Dr Ashley is able to draw on his own memories as well as those of others, who, like him, worked with Churchill on his history books.
Churchill’s judgments and philosophy of history are analysed in the light of this personal knowledge as well as of a scholarly re-examination of Churchill’s work. The book is both a critique and a commentary upon Churchill’s historical writing as well as a fascinating explanation of how he did it.”Notes: Jacket designed by David Scurfield. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 246 pages.
P&P: UK 1st £3.38. UK 2nd £2.92. EU Surface £5.16. EU Air £5.35. ROW Surface £5.16. ROW Air £9.22
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