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I am ashamed to admit that I hadn't even realized that Churchill HAD daughters, so this made it interesting to me. There were 4 daughters, one of whom died as a toddler.
On the plus side: I admire when the author has done excellent research and such is the case here. Really the research is amazing. Also, I did learn a lot. Both of these are good things.
On the other hand: This book is super detailed (see my point above about the research). It just seemed so long and contained LOTS of information, some of which I really didn't need.
I would say that this book is also fairly one-sided about Winston, his wife Clementine and their children - and one-sided in being positive. I don't expect or want a book that is slinging mud, but events like the disaster at Gallipoli is covered in about one sentence, Winston was almost always just wonderful and Clementine's parenting style can't be criticized because she was a woman of her time and class.Their youngest daughter Mary seemed to have been the most well-adjusted but the others had a devotion to their father that was, to me, downright creepy.
An interesting read, but approach with caution if you expect a balanced book.
On the plus side: I admire when the author has done excellent research and such is the case here. Really the research is amazing. Also, I did learn a lot. Both of these are good things.
On the other hand: This book is super detailed (see my point above about the research). It just seemed so long and contained LOTS of information, some of which I really didn't need.
I would say that this book is also fairly one-sided about Winston, his wife Clementine and their children - and one-sided in being positive. I don't expect or want a book that is slinging mud, but events like the disaster at Gallipoli is covered in about one sentence, Winston was almost always just wonderful and Clementine's parenting style can't be criticized because she was a woman of her time and class.Their youngest daughter Mary seemed to have been the most well-adjusted but the others had a devotion to their father that was, to me, downright creepy.
An interesting read, but approach with caution if you expect a balanced book.