Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:400:Winston Churchill (Neal Stephenson)

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Obviously not he of 20th Century fame, however there really was a Winston Churchill at this time, and most of what is said about him in this novel tallies reasonably well with such historical material is available. Most of that comes from his namesake's six-volume biography of Marlborough (Winston Churchill's son John) which is very much an axe-grinder and so might be looked at askance by other historians.