{"product_id":"9781785907890-winstons-bandits","title":"Winston's Bandits","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChurchill and His Maverick Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinston's Bandits \u003c\/i\u003eprovides, for the first time, a detailed account of Winston Churchill's greatest friendships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoughtoday he is hailed as one of Britain's greatest leaders, throughout his career,Winston Churchill was an outsider, accumulating a reputation for bad judgementand untrustworthiness. Only risk-takers and fellow outsiders would back him -but these strong and often feuding personalities proved to be vital to hisdecision-making in war and peace alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinston'sBandits \u003c\/i\u003eprovides, forthe first time, a detailed account of his greatest friendships. These friendswere Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, a press baron who craved power but only onhis own terms; Frederick Lindemann, later Lord Cherwell, an ascetic andquarrelsome scientist who believed in Churchill's intellectual genius; BrendanBracken, an Irishman from a humble background who reinvented himself as a majorforce in financial publishing and gave Churchill unconditional support; theyoung Bob Boothby, who would earn notoriety for adventurous sexual conduct anddubious financial dealings; Randolph Churchill, who was often a disappointmentand burden to his father; and Duncan Sandys, who reaped the full benefits ofbeing Churchill's son-in-law in his political career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether,they were Winston's bandits. This remarkable book explores how Churchill'srelationships with these forceful and intriguing sparring partners provide thekey to understanding his greatest triumphs and disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41812705312865,"sku":"9781785907890","price":22.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29982032.jpg?v=1726058636","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785907890-winstons-bandits","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}