Deeply researched yet highly readable, with fresh and often provocative insights

David Reynolds, author of MIRRORS OF GREATNESS: CHURCHILL AND THE LEADERS WHO SHAPED HIM

Offers shrewd and sometimes original insights on both men ... Makes a thoughtful addition to the vast literature about both his subjects

Max Hastings, Sunday Times

A lively and engaging account of two giants of twentieth century politics. By bringing these two extraordinary lives together, Vinen provides fresh insights into the characters and attitudes of Churchill and de Gaulle, successfully conveying their charisma, eccentricity and historical significance

David Gauke, former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Do we really need another book on either Churchill or de Gaulle? Yes indeed - when it is as compelling as The Last Titans. Here is a vivid and shrewd reckoning, backed by Richard Vinen's mastery of the historical sources, and now setting its assessment in the perspective of today's troubled world

Peter Clarke, author of HOPE AND GLORY: BRITAIN 1900-2000

An enthralling, penetrating portrait of two fascinating figures – and their countries – in times of war and peace

Jonathan Fenby, author of THE GENERAL: CHARLES DE GAULLE AND THE FRANCE HE SAVED

Churchill and de Gaulle were the towering figures of Britain and France during the Second World War, but they had complicated attitudes towards their own countries, just as those countries were deeply ambivalent about them. In this outstanding dual biography, Richard Vinen employs all his characteristic insight and wit in a gripping examination of the lives of these extraordinary men

Alan Allport, author of BRITAIN AT BAY: THE EPIC STORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: 1938-1941