«A stupendous achievement: lucid, erudite, intelligent, but also inspiring. Roberts catches the imperishable grandeur of Churchill's life as no other historian has done»

Daniel Johnson, Standpoint

«As Andrew Roberts reminds us in this epic biography ... Churchill's career provides ample proof that fact can be far more extraordinary than fiction»

Nick Rennison, Daily Mail

«A work of unequalled scholarship. Read it and you will not have to bother with the previous 1,000 biographies»

Paul Routledge, Tablet

«A heroic biography, appropriately matched to the ambition, egotism and undoubted achievement of the life it describes»

John Campbell, Finest Hour

«Brilliant, breathtaking, unputdownable ... All Roberts's past life has been but a preparation for this hour and this work, and this brilliant book is a fitting crown to his own career»

Michael Gove, Evening Standard

«In a single volume, Andrew Roberts has captured the essence of one of the world's most impactful, most memorable statesmen. It is the crowning achievement of his career - and will become the definitive biography of its subject.»

Henry Kissinger

«An original portrait of an all-too-familiar figure ... He enriches the saga with wonderful examples of Churchill's aristocratic eccentricity, glittering oratory and wit»

Piers Brendon, Literary Review

«This terrific book, which bursts with character, humour and incident on almost every page ... is undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written»

Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

«The best single-volume life imaginable»

Simon Heffer, Sunday Telegraph

«Roberts has produced a more complete picture of his subject than any previous biography. His certainly knocks into a cocked hat Boris Johnson's boisterously self-referential effort of a few years ago»

Economist