"In this incisive biography, Paul Addison examines both the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century Bristish history, and the battle over his reputation, which continues to this day."--Jacket.

The youngest man in Europe, 1874-1901 -- The renegade, 1901-1911 -- The Lilliput Napoleon, 1911-1915 -- The Winstonburg line, 1915-1924 -- Respectability won and lost, 1924-1939 -- The making of a hero, 1939-1945 -- Climbing Olympus, 1945-1965 -- Churchill past and present.