{"id":29907,"date":"2023-10-23T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=247275"},"modified":"2023-10-23T13:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:11:35","slug":"who-moulded-winston-churchill","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/who-moulded-winston-churchill\/","title":{"rendered":"Who moulded Winston Churchill?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> David Reynolds reveals how the likes of Stalin, Mussolini and Gandhi left their mark on Britain\u2019s wartime leader <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 23 October 2023 at 06:32 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Winston Churchill\u2019s remarkable career saw him interact with many of the other great figures of the age, many of whom had a profound impact on Britain\u2019s wartime leader. Speaking to Rob Attar, Professor David Reynolds examines Churchill\u2019s relationships with the likes of Stalin, Mussolini, Gandhi and Clement Attlee \u2013 and considers how these figures left their mark on the statesman.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-247275-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/whomouldedwinstonchurchill-5b6a271.mp3?_=1\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/whomouldedwinstonchurchill-5b6a271.mp3\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/10\/whomouldedwinstonchurchill-5b6a271.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>David Reynolds is the author of <em>Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him<\/em> (William Collins, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/churchill-mirrors-of-greatness-david-reynolds\/7392457?ean=9780008439910\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0BY84WXVN\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/mirrors-of-greatness\/david-reynolds\/9780008439910#:~:text=Mirrors%20of%20Greatness%20offers%20vivid,what%20they%20saw%20in%20him.&amp;text=age'%20ADAM%20ZAMOYSKI-,Winston%20Churchill%20followed%20his%20own%20star.,'%2C%20to%20gain%20historical%20immortality.\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Who moulded Winston Churchill?n nDavid Reynolds reveals how the likes of Stalin, Mussolini and Gandhi left their mark on Britain\u2019s wartime leadern nWinston Churchill\u2019s remarkable career saw him interact with many of the other great figures of the age, many of whom had a profound impact on Britain\u2019s wartime leader. 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