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36
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
38/100Critics
35/100Scholars
Author:
Josh Ireland
Publisher:
Dutton
Date:
March 30, 2021
The iconic British statesman has been much written about for his political career, but here his family life takes center stage as Ireland considers Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph.
What The Reviewers Say
... a thoughtful study of a father-son relationship during the storms that rocked the 20th century.
On casual inspection Randolph was a failure, his career in journalism, politics and the army blighted by marital discord and drunken oafishness. Josh Ireland’s Churchill & Son chronicles these faults vividly, but suggests that there was more to Randolph than the two bottles of whisky and 100 cigarettes he was consuming daily before his terminal decline.
... a reader would have to be ice-cold of heart not to pause to take a sorrowful breath.
Ireland depicts their story in an eloquent, lively manner overall, with sympathy for both of them.
