Sir Martin Gilbert was born in London in 1936. As a schoolboy he witnessed a city once ravaged by war slowly return to the pink of health. The leadership and wit of Winston Churchill, Britain's Last Lion, left an indelible impression on him, and after spending two compulsory years in the British Army he studied history-notably Churchill's impact-at Oxford University. In 1968 he was appointed the quintessential Churchill biographer, a mantle he holds to this day, having published six volumes... More >