It originally appeared serialised in The Daily Telegraph. There was considerable activity with galley proofs, revisions and correction. This work was a major project, with a vast number of dates, names, facts, and quotations to be verified. Although the Nobel Prize for Literature was given for a lifetime of written work, it was this set which convinced the Nobel award committee to waive the normal rule against giving the literature prize to a politician. Churchill writes in the first person, in his own elegant style. There are many histories of the war, but most are written by historians in the third person. As Brookhiser summed it up: " The big story of the Century, told by its major hero". 1 non-fiction book of the Century by National Review. At the recent Millennium, this set was named the No. Not since Julius Caesar and his Gaelic Wars has there been a case of a great leader in war also being an able writer. This set is both important and highly readable. THE SECOND WORLD WAR as published in English, consists of six volumes, titles as follows: My reference collection includes a 16 foot wall floor to ceiling of nothing but various editions of this set. It was a huge best-seller when new, and has been in print contnuously for 57 years now, with translations into over 20 languages, including both of the principal enemies of the war. THE SECOND WORLD WAR is, without doubt, Churchill's best known work.
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