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Autore |
Addison Paul <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Churchill : the unexpected hero / / Paul Addison |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-75820-1 |
0-19-153543-5 |
1-4294-3079-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain |
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The youngest man in Europe, 1874-1901 -- The renegade, 1901-1911 -- The Lilliput Napoleon, 1911-1915 -- The Winstonburg line, 1915-1924 -- Respectability won and lost, 1924-1939 -- The making of a hero, 1939-1945 -- Climbing Olympus, 1945-1965 -- Churchill past and present. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In this incisive biography, Paul Addison examines both the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century Bristish history, and the battle over his reputation, which continues to this day."--Jacket. |
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