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Six minutes in May : how Churchill unexpectedly became Prime Minister / Nicholas Shakespeare.

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ISBN 9781846559730 (paperback)
9781846559723 (hardback)
Author Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957- author.
Title Six minutes in May : how Churchill unexpectedly became Prime Minister / Nicholas Shakespeare.
Publisher/Date London : Harvill Secker, 2017.
©2017
Pagination etc. xviii, 508 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in Six Minutes In May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. The first land battle of the war was fought in the far north, in Norway. It went disastrously for the Allies and many blamed Churchill. Yet weeks later he would rise to the most powerful post in the country, overtaking Chamberlain and the favourite to succeed him, Lord Halifax. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point.
Subject - Name Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
Shelf Location 941.084 SHAK
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