Six Minutes in May
How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister
London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction.It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare moves from Britain's disastrous battle in Norway, for which many blamed Churchill, on to the dramatic developments in Westminster that led to Churchill becoming Prime Minister. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving into the key play…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78470-100-0
- EAN: 9781784701000
- Produktnummer: 24465237
- Verlag: Random House UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 528 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B12.6 cm x D3.7 cm 420 g
- Gewicht: 420
Über den Autor
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance, Priscilla and Six Minutes in May. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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