I've always found Churchill to be an interesting person in history. He is one big walking set of contradictions and maybe that's what I identify with in him. I do admire his literary skills and tremendous amount of writing that he published. I read his first volume of Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples and that is the way history should be written. He inserts his bias unashamedly but still remains quite fair to the people and events he records.
This review in the Wall Street Journal is for Mr. Churchill's Profession by Peter Clarke, also author or Liberty's Exiles. Clarke writes about Churchill's literary career and its significance as a source of income. There's more to learn about the book which I won't get into here, so enjoy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303360504577408463241458658.html?mod=WSJ_Books_LS_Books_8
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