“The indispensable biography of Churchill for the post-Brexit 2020s”
— David Kynaston
“Wheatcroft has skewered the cult of Churchill hero worship”
— Samir Puri
“Stimulating, erudite and above all entertaining”
Robert Harris
“A clear-eyed incisive and superbly balanced account”
— Robert Gildea
Churchill’s Shadow:
An Astonishing Life and a Dangerous Legacy
“Even readers sick of Churchill will find much to enjoy, partly because Wheatcroft is such a fluent and entertaining writer, but also because he has so many interesting and provocative things to say.”
— Dominic Sandbrook, The Times
Le Tour
A History of the Tour de France
Short-listed for NSC Sports Book Prize
“Admirable and beautifully written”
— Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail
“Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s sure grasp of France’s history and culture, and his obvious love for the country and its cuisine, makes this much more than just a book about a bike race ... a thrilling account”
— Peter Crookston, Mail on Sunday
“A near-masterpiece”
— Chris Maume, Independent
“One of the best books on the subject in English”
— Graham Robb, TLS
“Written with lordly panache, the book manages to retain its narrative drive while making frequent forays into other areas of French life ... he brings characters to life and he understands the Tour’s mythic qualities ... a great story, vividly told.”
— Simon O’Hagan, Independent on Sunday
“A charming, humorous, often moving book, bursting with joie de vivre”
— Andrew Martin, Daily Telegraph
“Every page of the book is a firework party, full of great sparks and explosions ... Most political historians pride themselves on being bland, dogged and cliched, parading their dullness as a badge of their seriousness. Wheatcroft is just the opposite ... his prose shines brightly, shedding new light on old faces.”
— Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
“Geoffrey Wheatcroft's brilliantly witty and truthful new book”
— Philip Hensher, Independent
“Immensely readable and sardonic ”
— Peregrine Worsthorne, New Statesman
The Strange Death of Tory England
Short-listed for Channel 4 Political Book Award
“Brilliantly acerbic ... what makes this book so compelling is its wonderfully easy, amusing style.”
— Leo McKinstrey, Literary Review
“A rattling good read”
— Robert Salisbury, Spectator
Yo, Blair!
“Masterly”
— Neil Clark, Spectator
“A savage obsequy of the individual and his record … required reading on the left, which produced nothing really comparable.”
— Perry Anderson, New Left Review
"Short, sharp and indispensable."
— Catherine Bennett, Guardian
“A fluent polemicist, Wheatcroft certainly builds up a compelling case ... This powerful philippic offers the best account I have yet seen”
— Anthony Howard, Sunday Telegraph
"Searching, informed, balanced and, as one might expect, superbly written."
— Chaim Bermant, Daily Telegraph
"An excellent book."
— Martin Woollacott, Guardian
"He has set himself a dizzying task; but the ambitions are fully justified by the result. For a start, he knows how to tell a story. Ideas become living things in his account. He can hit off a personality or an argument in a few strokes; and he isn't afraid to spice up his narrative with humour ... Wheatcroft moves easily between Jewish history and general history ... an impressive feat of analysis and imagination."
— John Gross, Sunday Telegraph
"Pithy, even witty, which is quite a feat on such a topic."
— David Pryce-Jones, Financial Times
"An exciting story, and Wheatcroft tells it with great panache and objectivity ... Superbly written ... Geoffrey Wheatcroft wears his erudition lightly, weaving facts and anecdotes into a vivid history which should be read by Jews and non-Jews alike."
— Ian Thomson, Independent on Sunday
"I read the whole book compulsively, at one sitting."
— Robert Silver, Independent
The Controversy of Zion
Winner of the American National Jewish Book Award
"Not only informative but also an engrossing story ... very readable and useful."
— Serge Schmemann, New York Times
"This fascinating history ... analyses Zionism as an 'idea in history' with clarity and balance ... with refreshing honesty and vigour."
— Taylor Downing, Observer
"Brilliant intellectual candour as well as meticulous research ... sympathetic and masterly."
— Geoffrey Goodman, Jewish Chronicle
"Journalists of Wheatcroft's talents make excellent contemporary historians ... He has that rarest of gifts, compressing complex issues into a few sharp sentences ... Altogether a stunning achievement."
— Raymond Carr, Spectator
The Randlords
American History Book Club Choice
"A hard-to-put-down book ... a literate, absorbing narrative."
— J.A. Livingstone, New York Times Book Review
"Elegantly and concisely told ... One is filled with admiration for Wheatcroft's thorough research and sheer narrative gusto.”
— San Francisco Examiner
“A very good book.”
— Ronald Segal, Guardian
"An instructive and engaging study which is as good an introduction to the historical background of modern South Africa as any I know.”
— Paul Johnson, Listener
"Very readable, singularly unbiased and packed with interesting information.”
— Robert Blake, Financial Times