The Legend Prints Itself

Churchill historian Richard Toye has written a timely and engaging volume on Winston Churchill’s long relationship with the press. He has taken the very well-documented events in Churchill’s long life and tied them to Churchill’s interactions with the newspapers and the wider media of his day. Churchill’s early career as a journalist resulted in his lifelong interest in the press—both as a major actor on the political stage and as a fanatical observer of historic events. His life began in a Victorian era notable for its conservative and fusty press and ended in the era of a liberal and popular