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Winston S. Churchill

Born

in Duke of Malborough's Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

November 30, 1874

Died

January 24, 1965

Genre

History, Biography

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his own historical writings, "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."

Out of respect for the well-known American author, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill offered to use his middle initial in any works that he authored. ...more

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Winston S. Churchill’s books

Average rating: 4.31 · 48,774 ratings · 3,661 reviews · 1,213 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 7,101 ratings — published 1948 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Early Life, 1874-1904 4.25 avg rating — 4,359 ratings — published 1930 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Their Finest Hour (The Second World War, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 4,196 ratings — published 1986 — 152 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,296 ratings — published 1956 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Alliance (The Second World War, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 2,844 ratings — published 1948 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hinge of Fate (The Second World War, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 2,203 ratings — published 1950 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triumph and Tragedy (The Second World War, #6) 4.44 avg rating — 2,127 ratings — published 1953 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing the Ring (The Second World War, #5) 4.42 avg rating — 2,018 ratings — published 1951 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,498 ratings — published 1956 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 Vols 4.31 avg rating — 1,402 ratings — published 1956 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Winston S. Churchill

The Second World War (6 books)
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (4 books)
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The Second World War (Condensed edition) (4 books)
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4.39 avg rating — 6,243 ratings

The World Crisis (6 books)
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Marlborough: His Life and Times (Two Volume Edition) (2 books)
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Quotes by Winston S. Churchill (?)

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: bravery, courage, failure, inspirational, success

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“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
― Winston Churchill

tags: attributed-no-source, convictions, criticism

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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: truth

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War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

12 votes, 25.5%

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

10 votes, 21.3%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

8 votes, 17.0%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

4 votes, 8.5%

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake

4 votes, 8.5%

Shōgun by James Clavell

4 votes, 8.5%

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

2 votes, 4.3%

A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 Vols by Winston S. Churchill

2 votes, 4.3%

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

1 vote, 2.1%

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

0 votes, 0.0%

47 total votes

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