Franklin and Winston

An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

By: Jon Meacham

Narrated by: Len Cariou

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portrait of the enormous friendship between World War II allies [Franklin] Roosevelt and [Winston] Churchill” (Vanity Fair).

“Intense and compelling reading.”—The Washington Post

Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.

Born in the nineteenth century and molders of the twentieth and twenty-first, Roosevelt and Churchill had much in common. In their own time both men were underestimated, dismissed as arrogant, and faced skeptics in their own nations—yet both magnificently rose to the central challenges of the twentieth century. Theirs was a kind of love story, with an emotional Churchill courting an elusive Roosevelt. The British prime minister, who rallied his nation in its darkest hour, standing alone against Adolf Hitler, was always somewhat insecure about his place in FDR’s affections—which was the way Roosevelt wanted it. A man of secrets, FDR liked to keep people off balance, including his wife, Eleanor, his White House aides—and Winston Churchill.

Meacham’s sources—including unpublished letters of FDR’ s great secret love, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the papers of Pamela Churchill Harriman, and interviews with people who were in FDR and Churchill’s joint company—shed light on the characters of both men as he engagingly chronicles the hours in which they decided the course of the struggle.

Charting the personal drama behind the discussions of strategy and statecraft, Meacham has written the definitive account of the most remarkable friendship of the modern age.©2003 Jon Meacham; (P)2003 Random House, Inc.

Captivating performance!

Reading this has opened my interest to history. The story is captivating and the performance unbelievably good! Anyone who is thankful for freedom would enjoy this read!

History to be Remembered

This should be required reading by our youth today. It's an honest look into the struggles and bravery of two men that made our current world possible.

One of the best narrations I have ever heard!

The President and Prime Minister

Jon Meacham writes a very moving and interesting narrative. We are lead to believe the storyline in the way it is organized.

AN EPIC PERFORMANCE IN DEED <br />

Thank you Jon Meacham for this great great piece of work. And to Len Cariou who carried me though this great journey with your epic performance!

Awesome piece of history!!

So wonderfully written. You forget how monumental these two were in fighting Hitler. Such strong men here!