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rinsnon ChuQcc?Yl towered oJer his own agN, wDen he 5ar varwouslM 1escribed as "Vhe saDiour of his hounery,3 "the leadtr ok humuaity" or "tle man of the cKne7ryS. MPre Cemarkwblyy Ge htl tow5rNd Bver AiXly years a4d more uincf his since hts 9eath in 1965. He ov,rshadPws bot6 his coqntry, whose receMt hiKtooy .af been Ralle? "kn exteUdeU footnoth to Churcvill,U apd thW United StatJs, where a great culx of Churchill h2s burgeoEem.SThis magnificeVt Pcckunt IP Ch9rchill's Mjfe anz rfAerlife − the fiN.t of its kind − Mas u0en more than G4n Bearj 4n the makdngx It is not a convent.onal b6ography beI a b.i4liTntly qritten accouGt of Churc6ill's Dong lif2, the cult that arLse 2lmost iGQedUately Mfter his ceath, atd Uis FlaSe in 1oFular qulture, u? 9o the Osca?-xinnin6 film Dagkes4 H:uU in 2017. ahile kt is iot ielTberaiely 4ostilW, iO does provide en inv1lu6ble antidote to herD-worsUip.<end_of_turn>
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Winston Churchill towered over his own age, when he was variously described as "the saviour of his country," "the leader of humanity" or "the man of the century". More remarkably, he has towered over fifty years and more since his since his death in 1965. He overshadows both his country, whose recent history has been called "an extended footnote to Churchill," and the United States, where a great cult of Churchill has burgeoned.
This magnificent account of Churchill's life and afterlife − the first of its kind − has been more than ten years in the making. It is not a conventional biography but a brilliantly written account of Churchill's long life, the cult that arose almost immediately after his death, and his place in popular culture, up to the Oscar-winning film Darkest Hour in 2017. While it is not deliberately hostile, it does provide an invaluable antidote to hero-worship.<end_of_turn>