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    Winston’s War

    By Michael Dobbs

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 20, 2013
    ISBN9780007397624
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    Michael Dobbs

    "<p>Con un amigo como Michael Dobbs, ¿quién necesita enemigos? Su ritmo es, de nuevo, perfecto. Magníficamente atrevido.» <i>The Times</i></p> <p>«He aquí un escritor de intriga política con un conocimiento de primera mano de cómo funciona el interior de ese mundo. <i>House of Cards</i> es una novela reveladora, muy ágil y brillante.» <i>Daily Express</i></p> <p>Michael Dobbs (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, 1948) se educó en Oxford y tras su graduación viajó a Estados Unidos para cursar un posgrado en el Centro Fletcher de Derecho y Diplomacia y en la Universidad Tufts. En 1975 volvió a su país y empezó a trabajar en el Partido Conservador, donde llegó a ser jefe de gabinete de Margaret Thatcher. Después del inmenso éxito de <i>House of Cards</i>, ha publicado hasta veinte novelas, la mayoría de ellas de intriga política.</p>

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    • 4/5
      An interesting and entertaining re-imagining of events leading up to Churchill's becoming Prime Minister, this novel leans towards the cynical except in its portrayal of Churchill himself.
    • 3/5
      An interesting bit of historical fiction, speculating not about the war, but the runup to it, and the events and personalities of the time, specifically Churchill's wilderness years to his premiership.
    • 4/5
      Fiction and fact and speculation all entwine to form a great read. This is the story of the days leading up to Winston Churchill becoming PM in 1940. Dobbs uses his, and our, imagination to take us inside the minds and hearts of all the major players. Yet, this is no simple fantasy: it is thoroughly researched and even the most speculative bits are not inconsistent with the known facts. And it is written by someone who knows just how grubby politics can be. Did I mention "House of Cards"?
    • 1/5
      I didn't like this book. The premise is that the author novelizes what is going on in Britain leading up to and in the early years of World War II. I suspect that real history would have been much more interesting. I didn't like the people and a number of them really had nothing to do with the story. I am sure that there are people out there who would like this. I wasn't one of them.
    • 4/5
      "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment..." Francis Urquhart's memorable quote from "House of Cards" was particularly useful in public relations career. Thank you, Michael Dobbs. And, thank you for "Winston's War," another look at British political infighting."Winston's War" has little enough to do with World War II, per se. It is all about the run-up to, and earliest days of the war, when Churchill's primary battle was with Neville Chamberlain and his Tory minions about appeasement, war preparedness, and political power. This is historical fiction, and so doesn't pretend to know exactly what was said to who by whom. And Dobbs creates British everyman and everywoman as embodiments of British character: Ian and Dickie, the Statler and Waldorf (for Muppet fans) of parliament; Jerry and Sue, the starcrossed lovers on the eve of war; Carol and Mac, the hooker and the Jewish refugee from a Russian gulag. But there are searing portraits of historical figures: Churchill himself, suffering the black dog of depression and generational competitiveness of his ancestors; Chamberlain, intent on clinging to power while deluding himself, his party, and the nation that he has brought peace - if not to Poland and Czechoslovakia - than at least to Britain; publisher Max Beaverbrook, supporting whichever politician can improve his political and financial ambitions; the craven, common, and crude U.S. Ambassador Joe Kennedy and his duplicitous niece Anna; Churchill's allies Boothby and Bracken; and Soviet mole Guy Burgess, a tortured soul attempting to meld his flamboyant homosexuality, anti-fascism, alcoholism, and journalistic talents as a means of propelling Churchill into 10 Downing St.I thought that Burgess' character was a bit overly dramatic, but that's the only drawback in this fine political novel.
    • 2/5
      An appealing work that eventually becomes swamped in repetition and legislative minutia. Neville Chamberlain comes back from Munich and declares, "Peace in Our Time." He thinks he is among the greatest Prime Ministers; his critics believe he is a self-deluding fool and coward, and leading the charge against him is the indefatigable Churchill. But, since this is history, we know that Churchill came out of the wilderness to save his nation, as Chamberlain earned history's approbation as the leading "appeaser." Chamberlain's desperation and skill in holding on to power is a revelation, as is the venality, corruption, and anti-Semitism of the Commons. But the actual House of Commons votes leading to the inevitable conclusion are interesting but way overdone; by the third debate, in detail, you find yourself skipping whole passages.