In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain (Allen Lane History S.) - Tapa dura

David Cannadine has an unrivalled appreciation for the odd things that have made Britain tick: the personalities and ideas that have bound together our historical experiences. In one of his most provocative and surprising books he takes a range of British icons ranging from Noel Coward to Stanley Baldwin and from Gilbert & Sullivan to Ian Fleming to show the many strange ways Britain has built its sense of self. Above all, looming behind everything remains Winston Churchill. Britain, howevermuch it may twist and turn, cannot shake off being 'Churchill's Country' even today.

David Cannadine is Director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. His previous books for Penguin include ORNAMENTALISM, CLASS IN BRITAIN and HISTORY IN OUR TIME. He is the general editor of both THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF BRITAIN and THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF EUROPE.