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Gilbert became a research assistant to Randolph Churchill soon after Randolph began an official biography of his father. After Randolph's death, Gilbert became the official biographer and finished the eight-volume life of Churchill (Winston Churchill: Volume 1, LJ 10/1/66; Volume 8, LJ 10/1/88). The present work is both the story of his research and a look at the more personal side of Churchill than one finds in his official biography. Gilbert has done extensive research on this and other books, using a wide variety of sources. He discusses the work, pleasures, disappointments, and pitfalls involved in historical research. At a time of renewed interest in Churchill, this book serves a dual purpose: it adds to our knowledge of Churchill, and it will either encourage or discourage would-be future historians. Recommended for most libraries.?Marilyn Dailey, Natrona Cty. P.L., Casper, Wyo.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Readers familiar with Gilbert's stout and stupendously long official biography of the Great Man perhaps wonder what relieved his lifelong toil with his subject. Although much was tedious sifting through documents, Gilbert relates that his most gratifying task was tracking down various associates of Churchill who, by choice or historical neglect, were retired in obscurity. Most opened up, lending this book half its character as Gilbert relates reminiscences: by Churchill's battalion troops from the Western Front; by civil servants who surreptitiously gave him data on the arms situation in the 1930s; by his entourage of literary assistants, typists, and private secretaries; and by former prime ministers Macmillan and Wilson. The book's other half is Gilbert's autobiography, encompassing his life as a wartime evacuee to Canada, his hiring by Churchill's irascible but generous son Randolph, and his subsequent three decades of work on every conceivable aspect of Churchilliana. As the peerless documentary expert, Gilbert concludes with the perils of his position (responding to myriad offers of information) and its pleasures (supplying speechmakers with Churchill quotations). An interesting bundle of anecdotes to supplement Gilbert's monument Gilbert Taylor
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Gilbert became a research assistant to Randolph Churchill soon after Randolph began an official biography of his father. After Randolph's death, Gilbert became the official biographer and finished the eight-volume life of Churchill (Winston Churchill: Volume 1, LJ 10/1/66; Volume 8, LJ 10/1/88). The present work is both the story of his research and a look at the more personal side of Churchill than one finds in his official biography. Gilbert has done extensive research on this and other books, using a wide variety of sources. He discusses the work, pleasures, disappointments, and pitfalls involved in historical research. At a time of renewed interest in Churchill, this book serves a dual purpose: it adds to our knowledge of Churchill, and it will either encourage or discourage would-be future historians. Recommended for most libraries.?Marilyn Dailey, Natrona Cty. P.L., Casper, Wyo.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Readers familiar with Gilbert's stout and stupendously long official biography of the Great Man perhaps wonder what relieved his lifelong toil with his subject. Although much was tedious sifting through documents, Gilbert relates that his most gratifying task was tracking down various associates of Churchill who, by choice or historical neglect, were retired in obscurity. Most opened up, lending this book half its character as Gilbert relates reminiscences: by Churchill's battalion troops from the Western Front; by civil servants who surreptitiously gave him data on the arms situation in the 1930s; by his entourage of literary assistants, typists, and private secretaries; and by former prime ministers Macmillan and Wilson. The book's other half is Gilbert's autobiography, encompassing his life as a wartime evacuee to Canada, his hiring by Churchill's irascible but generous son Randolph, and his subsequent three decades of work on every conceivable aspect of Churchilliana. As the peerless documentary expert, Gilbert concludes with the perils of his position (responding to myriad offers of information) and its pleasures (supplying speechmakers with Churchill quotations). An interesting bundle of anecdotes to supplement Gilbert's monument Gilbert Taylor
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