Discover the extraordinary life and legacy of Sir Winston Churchill with Biographic: Churchill, a visually engaging biography from the innovative Great Lives in Graphic Form series. Combining fascinating facts, figures and infographics, this book offers a fresh and entertaining way to explore the man behind the politics.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) was a British statesman, Prime Minister and celebrated orator who led Britain through some of its darkest days during the Second World War. His political career, powerful speeches and distinctive personality have made him one of the most recognisable figures in modern British history.

But there is much more to Churchill than his political career.

Biographic: Churchill presents 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements from his life and work in vivid visual snapshots. Discover that Churchill came under enemy fire more than 50 times, took an impressive supply of wine, scotch and vintage brandy with him to the Boer War, and painted more than 600 works of art.

He was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and developed his lifelong appreciation for Havana cigars while working as a war correspondent during the Cuban War of Independence.

Divided into Life, World, Work and Legacy, this engaging biography uses infographics and fascinating facts to reveal Churchill''s remarkable achievements, interests and character.