{"title":"Martin Gilbert","description":"Martin Gilbert was born in London in 1936 and educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1962, he became research assistant to Randolph Churchill and, after Randolph's death, succeeded him as biographer of Sir Winston Churchill. He is the author of many works of history and lives in London and Jerusalem.","products":[{"product_id":"in-search-of-churchill-paperback","title":"In Search of Churchill - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Gilbert began work on Winston Churchill's biography, initially as Randolph Churchill's assistant, in 1962 on his 26th birthday. By 1992 he had himself written six of the total eight volumes and edited ten documentary volumes of a projected 15.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Gilbert's biography of Churchill is probably the longest biography ever written, and in the opinion of many one of the greatest. 'In Search of Churchill' is the story of Gilbert's thirty-year quest for his subject. He reveals the staggering extent of his historical labour and shares with the reader some of the great moments in his pursuit. It is also the story of those who helped Churchill on his. Secretaries, assistants, diarists, correspondents, soldiers, politicians, civil servants; the eminent and the humble: all of them had tales to tell, many of them published here for the first time. The portrait that emerges of Churchill is almost tangibly intimate. Here, perhaps more than in any other book about him, is the character of the man, untrammelled by formalities, as seen by those who were with him at his most unguarded moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers daunted by the 800-odd pages of the official life should start here. They will love it.\"\u003cbr\u003eJOHN CAMPBELL, 'The Times.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating account of tireless and resourceful detective work...Gilbert's zeal in pursuit of every scrap of evidence on Churchill's life is an example to all biographers. The work he has done puts all students of the twentieth century, and all students of Churchill, incalculably in his debt.\"\u003cbr\u003eJOHN GRIGG, 'Sunday Telegraph.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book, part intellectual autobiography, part coda to his monumental Churchill biography, is required reading for Churchill enthusiasts. It takes on all the pace of an adventure novel.\"\u003cbr\u003eANDREW ROBERTS, 'Literary Review.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Any world statesman close to the end would be grateful for a Martin Gilbert. What better way to meet your maker than in the happy knowledge that a leading scholar is devoting his career to tracking down, codifying and publishing every detail of your own? Gilbert is a careful scholar with a proper respect for evidence, fact, accuracy...His primary concern is setting the record straight - and in this entertaining and enjoyable book he explains how he sets about it.\"\u003cbr\u003eBEN PIMLOTT, 'Guardian.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365415616735,"sku":"9780006374329","price":13.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sRavNV5f_e9780006374329.webp?v=1789062793"},{"product_id":"kristallnacht-prelude-to-destruction-paperback","title":"Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early hours of November 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and Hitler Youth rampaged through Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, leaving behind them a horrifying trail of terror and destruction. More than a thousand synagogues and many thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, while thirty thousand Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Kristallnacht--the Night of Broken Glass--was a decisive stage in the systematic eradication of a people who traced their origins in Germany to Roman times and was a sinister forewarning of the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rare insight and acumen, Martin Gilbert examines this night and day of terror, presenting readers with a meticulously researched, masterfully written, and eye-opening study of one of the darkest chapters in human history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early hours of November 10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers and Hitler Youth rampaged through Jewish neighborhoods across Germany, leaving behind them a horrifying trail of terror and destruction. More than a thousand synagogues and many thousands of Jewish shops were destroyed, while thirty thousand Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Kristallnacht--the Night of Broken Glass--was a decisive stage in the systematic eradication of a people who traced their origins in Germany to Roman times and was a sinister forewarning of the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rare insight and acumen, Martin Gilbert examines this night and day of terror, presenting readers with a meticulously researched, masterfully written, and eye-opening study of one of the darkest chapters in human history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365566251231,"sku":"9780061121357","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YHww7hbJ9g9780061121357.webp?v=1789066398"},{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-twentieth-century-the-concise-edition-of-the-acclaimed-world-history-paperback","title":"A History of the Twentieth Century: The Concise Edition of the Acclaimed World History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Gilbert, author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history, chronicles world events year by year, from the dawn of aviation to the flourishing technology age, taking us through World War I to the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States and Hider as chancellor of Germany. He continues on to document wars in South Africa, China, Ethiopia, Spain, Korea, Vietnam, and Bosnia, as well as apartheid, the arms race, the moon landing, and the beginnings of the computer age, while interspersing the influence of art, literature, music, and religion throughout this vivid work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich, textured look at war, celebration, suffering, life, death, and renewal in the century gone by, this volume is nothing less than extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Gilbert, author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history, chronicles world events year by year, from the dawn of aviation to the flourishing technology age, taking us through World War I to the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States and Hider as chancellor of Germany. He continues on to document wars in South Africa, China, Ethiopia, Spain, Korea, Vietnam, and Bosnia, as well as apartheid, the arms race, the moon landing, and the beginnings of the computer age, while interspersing the influence of art, literature, music, and religion throughout this vivid work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich, textured look at war, celebration, suffering, life, death, and renewal in the century gone by, this volume is nothing less than extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365569396959,"sku":"9780060505943","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/a0Kk5IbSbG9780060505943.webp?v=1789066419"},{"product_id":"churchill-and-the-jews-a-lifelong-friendship-paperback","title":"Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful history of Churchill's lifelong commitment--both public and private--to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-Semitism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinston Churchill's commitment to Jewish rights, to Zionism, and ultimately to the State of Israel never wavered. In 1922, he established on the bedrock of international law the right of Jews to emigrate to Palestine. During his meeting with David Ben-Gurion in 1960, Churchill presented the Israeli prime minister with an article he had written about Moses, praising the patriarch. In between these events he fought harder and more effectively for the Jewish people than the world has ever realized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a wide range of archives and private papers, speeches, newspaper coverage, and wartime correspondence, Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, explores the origins, implications, and results of Churchill's determined commitment to Jewish rights, opening a window on an underappreciated and heroic aspect of the brilliant politician's life and career.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366134415583,"sku":"9780805088649","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YJaaGX-NtV9780805088649.webp?v=1789084345"},{"product_id":"the-first-world-war-a-complete-history-a-complete-history-paperback","title":"The First World War: A Complete History: A Complete History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed British historian offers a majestic, single-volume work incorporating all major fronts-domestic, diplomatic, military-for \"a stunning achievement of research and storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would end officially almost five years later. Unofficially, it has never ended: the horrors we live with today were born in the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt left millions-civilians and soldiers-maimed or dead. And it left us with new technologies of death: tanks, planes, and submarines; reliable rapid-fire machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare. It introduced us to U-boat packs and strategic bombing, to unrestricted war on civilians and mistreatment of prisoners. Most of all, it changed our world. In its wake, empires toppled, monarchies fell, whole populations lost their national identities as political systems, and geographic boundaries were realigned. Instabilities were institutionalized, enmities enshrined. And the social order shifted seismically. Manners, mores, codes of behavior; literature and the arts; education and class distinctions-all underwent a vast sea change. And in all these ways, the twentieth century can be said to have been born on the morning of June 28, 1914. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of the first books that anyone should read in beginning to try to understand this war and this century.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (cover)","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366143688927,"sku":"9780805076172","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/H1wdO1JGnK9780805076172.webp?v=1789084412"},{"product_id":"the-righteous-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-holocaust-paperback","title":"The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous, \u003c\/i\u003e an eminent historian presents the unsung heroes of the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from twenty-five years of original research, Sir Martin Gilbert re-creates the remarkable stories of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccording to Jewish tradition, \"Whoever saves one life, it is as if he saved the entire world.\" Non-Jews who helped save Jewish lives during World War II are designated Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust archive in Jerusalem. 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From Greek Orthodox Princess Alice of Greece, who hid Jews in her home in Athens, to the Ukrainian Uniate Archbishop of Lvov, who hid hundreds of Jews in his churches and monasteries, to Muslims in Bosnia and Albania, many risked, and lost, everything to help their fellow man.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51382939418847,"sku":"9780805062618","price":42.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vGbpe6v08J9780805062618.webp?v=1789293741"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/martin-gilbert.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}