Meeting Churchill: A Life in 90 Encounters

by Sinclair McKay

368 pages, Hardcover

Published November 30, 2023

About the author

Sinclair McKay writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and The Secret Listeners and has written books about James Bond and Hammer horror for Aurum. His next book, about the wartime “Y” Service during World War II, is due to be published by Aurum in 2012. He lives in London.
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Reviews

[Denis Dwyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sinclair McKay chooses an excellent way to portray such a complex personality as Winston Churchill. The reader sees him through many pairs of eyes, enabling the many facets of his personality to emerge. Churchill's susceptibility to sentiment, for example, becomes apparent, as well as his more frequently portrayed physical courage and dogged determination. A bonus is the insight gained into those interacting with Churchill. McKay's prose is to the point and elegant. Photographs of some of those interacting with Churchill would have enhanced the book. A rewarding read.

[Mitch Stainer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrific way to understand such a complex and influential character in our modern history. The author allows you to form an opinion of Churchill that may not have necessarily been formed through traditional historical accounts, thus understanding the man in a more intimate and personal nature.