Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister by Shakespeare, Nicholas - 2017-10-05

London: Harvill Secker; Penguin Random House UK, 2017. xviii, 508 pages, illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Lower right corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "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… Read More

London England: Harvill Secker. Fine/Near Fine. 2017. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9781846559723 Hardback Hardcover. Six Minutes in May. How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister. Contents: Map. List of Illustrations. Dramatic Personae on 7 May 1940. Prologue. Six Minutes in May. The Campaign. The Weekend Before. The Debate. The Aftermath. Epilogues. Appendix. Notes and Sources. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated. 508 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .

London England: Harvill Secker. Fine/Near Fine. 2017. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9781846559723 Hardback Hardcover. Six Minutes in May. How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister. Contents: Map. List of Illustrations. Dramatic Personae on 7 May 1940. Prologue. Six Minutes in May. The Campaign. The Weekend Before. The Debate. The Aftermath. Epilogues. Appendix. Notes and Sources. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index. Illustrated. 508 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .