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Clarke gives us the fullest account yet of Churchill's hair-raising attitude towards money ... A scholarly gem: polished and sparkling and a lasting contribution to our understanding of Churchill The Literary Review Engaging ... a good book about the literary work that provides its most powerful emotional underpinning Financial Times Brilliant ... Mr Churchill's Profession is a pleasure in itself Times Literary Supplement Fascinating, erudite and witty Guardian This book has many virtues. It ranges widely, draws on great erudition and is often written with panache Independent Of books about Winston Churchill there is no end ... Newcomers to this field need either to bring with them a reputation already made or else to happen upon a theme that has so far escaped notice. Peter Clarke scores under both headings New Statesman It is a tribute to his protean personality, and to Clarke's diligent scholarship and elegant narration, that every aspect of his [Churchill's] life remains eternally fascinating Sunday Telegraph

Clarke gives us the fullest account yet of Churchill's hair-raising attitude towards money ... A scholarly gem: polished and sparkling and a lasting contribution to our understanding of Churchill The Literary Review Engaging ... a good book about the literary work that provides its most powerful emotional underpinning Financial Times Brilliant ... Mr Churchill's Profession is a pleasure in itself Times Literary Supplement Fascinating, erudite and witty Guardian This book has many virtues. It ranges widely, draws on great erudition and is often written with panache Independent Of books about Winston Churchill there is no end ... Newcomers to this field need either to bring with them a reputation already made or else to happen upon a theme that has so far escaped notice. Peter Clarke scores under both headings New Statesman It is a tribute to his protean personality, and to Clarke's diligent scholarship and elegant narration, that every aspect of his [Churchill's] life remains eternally fascinating Sunday Telegraph Well-researched and interesting ... One is left with a picture of a brilliant maverick who would not have been out of place at the court of the first Queen Elizabeth Wiltshire Society

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Peter Clarke was formerly a professor of modern history and Master of Trinity Hall at Cambridge. His many books include Keynes: The Twentieth Century's Most Influential Economist, The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire, The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936 and the acclaimed final volume of the Penguin History of Britain, Hope and Glory, Britain 1900-2000. He lives with his wife, the Canadian writer Maria Tippett, in Cambridge, England, and Pender Island, British Columbia.

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