Description
The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances.
About the Author
David Lough studied history at Oxford under Richard Cobb and Theodore Zeldin, gaining a First. After a career in financial markets, he founded a business that advises families on investments, tax affairs and inheritance planning.
Reviews
The little known and sometime heroic saga of Churchill's struggle to achieve liquidity... [Lough] is a courteous guide, whose knowledge of the arcane world of investment enables him to explain what went wrong and how the Churchills managed to scrape through... a fascinating read' * The Times *
You can learn a lot about someone from the state of their bank balance, as David Lough discovers in this riveting examination of Churchill's finances * Daily Mail *
Plenty of eye-opening detail... Churchill buffs and economic historians will find valuable insights in the light Lough sheds upon the man and his times' * Financial Times *
This excellent and entertaining work is worth reading * Prospect Magazine *
Tells the tale of Churchill the adventurer and gambler elegantly. And for a financial biography, Mr Lough's is a surprising page-turner * Economist *
Astonishing revelations... Churchill as financial risk-taker, spend-thrift, debtor, reckless gambler. This book makes you wholly rethink the perceived wisdom about the icon' -- William Boyd, The Guardian
The first book that focuses on his (mainly losing) battle against borrowing... the detail is excellent' * The Times (2015 Books of the Year) *
Lough has painstakingly trawled the archives... Lough is excellent on Churchill's getting and spending... drawing political inferences from these personal matters' * Literary Review *
Intriguing... Lough knows where the receipts are buried and reveals them with great relish' * Oxford Times. *
The eighty pages of reference notes are testimony to David Lough's resourcefulness and persistence in research, exposing the lineaments of this personal story with an ultimately telling impact * TLS. *
A fascinating and fresh study of the man' * Spear's Magazine *
The most original and surprising book about Churchill * The Week *
A remarkable story of flamboyant improvidence * Daily Mail *
Book Information
ISBN 9781784081829
Author David Lough
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC