![]() ![]() In his history of wartime England, the calm and objective AJP Taylor, in his biographical footnote on the man, refers to Churchill - simply and without apparent irony - as "the saviour of his country". ![]() The ordinarily severe and balanced AL Rowse waxed lyrical, saying Winston "resides on Olympus". His presence in the historical record can prompt even the most sober dons to break out language more ornate than they used in love letters to their sweethearts. ![]() There is something in the figure of Winston Churchill that elicits from people - historians, biographers, commentators - a degree of sycophancy that would have brought blushes to the cheeks of his most illustrious ancestors among the Churchills going back to Stamford Bridge. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 ![]()
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