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Churchill, however, never doubted his own value either as a politician or as an author. Certainly, they thought, it was almost at an end.

Many contemporaries regarded his tumultuous career as an overall failure. Churchill had, by then, entered the political wilderness. Thus Randolph Churchill telegraphed his father in February 1932. “Have been offered 450 pounds advance on substantial royalties for biography of you have you any objections to my accepting if I do it will naturally be unauthorized unofficial and undocumented my aim would be present political history last thirty years in light unorthodox fashion believe could produce amusing work without embarrassing you…”

Churchill: The Official Biography (Photo: Hillsdale College)