It Sounds Like A Biography: Never Surrender by Michael Dobbs
Never Surrender begins like a biography from the point of view of Winston Churchill as a boy — at the very most a fictional biography. It doesn’t sound at all like a thriller novel or even an historical novel.The point of view is wrong. It should have been written from the point of view of a servant, his wife, or a political associate, preferrably a fictional one. After all, far too much is known about the most important politician of the twentieth century to suspend disbelief. There are over one million Churchill letters and receipts.Libraries have been created to house his works. He never threw anything away. We have far too many photos and testimonials about his life. He’s still within living memory.
Never Surrender begins like a biography from the point of view of Winston Churchill as a boy — at the very most a fictional biography. It doesn’t sound at all like a thriller novel or even an historical novel.The point of view is wrong. It should have been written from the point of view of a servant, his wife, or a political associate, preferrably a fictional one. After all, far too much is known about the most important politician of the twentieth century to suspend disbelief. There are over one million Churchill letters and receipts.Libraries have been created to house his works. He never threw anything away. We have far too many photos and testimonials about his life. He’s still within living memory.