--- product_id: 103745663 title: "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" price: "€ 40.61" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/103745663-churchill-walking-with-destiny store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Churchill: Walking with Destiny **Price:** € 40.61 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Churchill: Walking with Destiny - **How much does it cost?** € 40.61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/103745663-churchill-walking-with-destiny) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present. During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.' Review: Absolute delight, a highly readable adventure with one of the greatest men - I very much enjoyed reading this book. I wanted an in-depth account that didn't pull punches in examining Churchill, and this book did that. As a very controversial figure, Churchill is usually either overly lionized or critisized, and I think this book does a good job of highlighting his all-too-human faults as well as his outstanding achievements both as a world-moving figure and as what sounds like a wonderful man. Like most great men, I wouldn't have wanted to work for him, but his vision and courage were truly astounding. I highly recommend this read to learn more. Review: A sweeping, detailed, readable masterpiece. - I was born in 1956. For a brief period, though I did not know it but Churchill was my Prime Minister in the twilight of his Parliamentary years. My interest in Churchill started in 1965 watching his funeral on television, aged nine with my mother and father tight lipped and my father obviously upset. His upset filtering to me, so that without knowing why I was tearful and sad. At that early age, a sense of the enormity of the event came home to me. I have read many biographies of Churchill since; some good, some average but only one really awful (Boris Johnston). Most are a product of when written and the source material available to them. I confess to having missed Andrew Roberts biography on publication I have only just got round to reading it now. The first thing is this book, at 982 pages in paperback is not at first glance for the faint hearted. Roberts however benefits in his research from memoirs public records and diaries which have been released in recent years to provide up to date analysis. It is testament to the author that he has produced a text which is addictive reading, mixing as it does the sweep of history at home and abroad and Churchill's part in them. Roberts is no fawning biographer. He is both even in his analysis of Churchill's flawed and impetuous judgement as he is in demonstrating Churchill's extraordinary foresight and achievements. Churchill we must remember he was a man of his time and those times are long gone. Yet cometh the hour he was the man. There have been no comparators to Churchill in post war politics; indeed by comparison how small and inconsequential our modern day leaders are. Churchill was fond of quoting Shakespeare, and even on occasion, fooling friends with made up verses, but surely no quotation from Hamlet still applies “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” An excellent biography. I cannot see it being surpassed as the definitive one volume history of Churchill's life. HIghly readable and highly recommended. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 7,774 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 13 in Political Leader Biographies 14 in British Historical Military Biographies 16 in World War II Biographies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,596 Reviews | ## Images ![Churchill: Walking with Destiny - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-Pc3NrecL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolute delight, a highly readable adventure with one of the greatest men *by M***S on 14 February 2026* I very much enjoyed reading this book. I wanted an in-depth account that didn't pull punches in examining Churchill, and this book did that. As a very controversial figure, Churchill is usually either overly lionized or critisized, and I think this book does a good job of highlighting his all-too-human faults as well as his outstanding achievements both as a world-moving figure and as what sounds like a wonderful man. Like most great men, I wouldn't have wanted to work for him, but his vision and courage were truly astounding. I highly recommend this read to learn more. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A sweeping, detailed, readable masterpiece. *by D***D on 26 April 2024* I was born in 1956. For a brief period, though I did not know it but Churchill was my Prime Minister in the twilight of his Parliamentary years. My interest in Churchill started in 1965 watching his funeral on television, aged nine with my mother and father tight lipped and my father obviously upset. His upset filtering to me, so that without knowing why I was tearful and sad. At that early age, a sense of the enormity of the event came home to me. I have read many biographies of Churchill since; some good, some average but only one really awful (Boris Johnston). Most are a product of when written and the source material available to them. I confess to having missed Andrew Roberts biography on publication I have only just got round to reading it now. The first thing is this book, at 982 pages in paperback is not at first glance for the faint hearted. Roberts however benefits in his research from memoirs public records and diaries which have been released in recent years to provide up to date analysis. It is testament to the author that he has produced a text which is addictive reading, mixing as it does the sweep of history at home and abroad and Churchill's part in them. Roberts is no fawning biographer. He is both even in his analysis of Churchill's flawed and impetuous judgement as he is in demonstrating Churchill's extraordinary foresight and achievements. Churchill we must remember he was a man of his time and those times are long gone. Yet cometh the hour he was the man. There have been no comparators to Churchill in post war politics; indeed by comparison how small and inconsequential our modern day leaders are. Churchill was fond of quoting Shakespeare, and even on occasion, fooling friends with made up verses, but surely no quotation from Hamlet still applies “He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” An excellent biography. I cannot see it being surpassed as the definitive one volume history of Churchill's life. HIghly readable and highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fox, not a hedgehog *by R***Y on 27 January 2020* Andrew Roberts has produced a thorough and up-to-date account of the life of this great statesman. Referring to sources that have only recently become available, such as the diaries of King George VI, he examines some of the views of the revisionists and apologists that have sought to undermine the man and his legacy. Roberts refers to Churchill as philosemitic and a supporter of Zionism. In an article written for the Sunday Herald in February 1920, called ‘Zionism versus Bolshevism’, Churchill praises Jews for their indispensable contribution to the betterment of mankind. In particular, he likes the ‘Nationalist’ Jew and the Zionists. Nevertheless, he criticises ‘Internationalist’ Jews and their infiltration into Bolshevism. “Although Churchill wanted to relax the 1939 White Paper policy against Jewish immigration into Palestine… He had little or no support from the Cabinet, Foreign Office, military or Civil Service, much of which had no sympathy for Jews (or worse). His efforts were consistently frustrated by those around him.” Far from being anti-Semitic, he faced the antisemitic establishment in the UK and was a warrior for the formation of Israel. Churchill was more than willing to go it alone, sometimes in the face of an establishment that was pro-appeasement. He prepared the Navy and sounded the alarm in WWI, while others were asleep at the wheel. He called for re-armament in WW2, while others put their faith in Hitler. Even when both wars were over, his speech in Washington on ‘the iron curtain’ was badly received, even though he was proved right in the end. What comes through time and again, is that he had an uncanny ability to foresee events. For instance, at the age of sixteen, he predicted that he would be called upon to save London and England. He also said that he would die on the same date as his father. His visions indicate that he was intuitively tuned into man’s psyche, and as an historian, could anticipate the likely turn of events. “Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.” As to his view of human nature he wrote “their virtues and their wisdom have not shown any notable improvement as the centuries have rolled. The brain of a modern man does not differ in essentials from that of the human beings who fought and lived here millions of years ago. The nature of man has remained hitherto practically unchanged. Under sufficient stress – starvation, terror, warlike passion, or even cold intellectual frenzy – the modern man we know so well will do the most terrible deeds, and his modern woman will back him up.” As to charges of racism, it is undoubted that his views fitted in with those of political progressives of the era. As an admirer of the Democratic party in the USA, he was for a time a Social Darwinist and a Eugenicist. Those views were the norm at the time. His views on Gandhi were rather personal, and more to do with his feared destruction of India, the jewel in the crown of the Empire. In the end, Churchill’s fears were realised when the partition of India cost the lives of 500,000 people. He was a fanatical advocate of the Empire and the Commonwealth. Likewise, he promoted the coming together of the English-speaking people. Through his passion and rhetoric, he was able to inspire a nation to hold out against far superior forces. When addressing a large crowd in 1945, ‘This is your victory,’ he began, and the crowd roared back, ‘No – it’s yours!’ Towards the end of the book, Andrew Roberts argues that rather than being a one-trick-pony, “Churchill was a quintessential fox, who knew and did many things, not a hedgehog.” ## Frequently Bought Together - Churchill - Walking With Destiny /anglais - Napoleon: A Life - The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/103745663-churchill-walking-with-destiny](https://www.desertcart.be/products/103745663-churchill-walking-with-destiny) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-07-11*