Churchill's Triumph

I've enjoyed Churchill's Triumph by Michael Dobbs which is a story based around the Yalta Conference in 1945 where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met to decide the future of Europe. The story begins in 1963 when Churchill is holidaying on Onassis' yacht and meets a Pole who claims to have met him at Yalta. The story then flashes back to Yalta and the events and personalities at that conference. The then young Pole pleads his case for Poland as he fears his country will be overwhelmed by Stalin's Russia. The tragic events of the closing stages of the war are told and Churchill must accept that some sacrifices will have to be made. The main players in this story are given a life away from the history page and presents them as human beings. This is a good story well told. 4/5