
Churchill’s Biographers: Manchester vs. Gilbert
Manchester vs. Gilbert is excerpted from a longer piece which can read in entirety on the Hillsdale College Churchill Project.
Question:I’ve been slogging through the William Manchester Churchill trilogy, The Last Lion. How is Hillsdale’s eight volume Winston S. Churchill by Randolph Churchill and Martin Gilbert different? —M.A., Louisiana.
Answer:If you are slogging through Manchester, you may find Gilbert a challenge. There is a vast difference, both writers have their advantages, but Gilbert is the source on which scholars rely.
Music by Churchill, Lyrics by ManchesterWilliam Manchester was a stylist, a lyrical, beautiful writer.…