Churchill as villain – but is this a character assassination too far? (original) (raw)

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2. Issue: 14 August 2021
3. Lead book review
4. Magazine: 14 August 2021

Revisionist biographies of the great wartime leader are nothing new, but this one really takes the biscuit

• From magazine issue: 14 August 2021

Churchill outside 10 Downing Street in June 1943. Credit: Alamy

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