Philip Hensher

Churchill and Empire, by Lawrence James – a review

<em>Philip Hensher</em> says that Churchill’s engagement with the empire does not reveal him at his finest hour

‘Imperial Federation showing the map of the world, British Empire’, by Captain J.C. Colombo, c.1886 (Royal Geographical Society, London) 
issue 20 July 2013
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  • Churchill and Empire: Portrait of an Imperialist

    Lawrence James

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 464

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