<p>In 1986, Sir Martin Gilbert published <a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/?s=%22ROAD+TO+VICTORY%22"><em>ROAD TO VICTORY</em> (1941-1945)</a>, the seventh volume of his <a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/product-category/churchill-official-biography/">Official Churchill Biography</a>; a great occasion that we marked with a publishing party at the store for the book and for Sir Martin. </p> <p>Begun by Churchill’s son, Randolph (Volumes I and II), <a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/product-category/churchill-official-biography/">The Official Biography</a> was completed (Volumes III-VIII) by Sir Martin Gilbert, whose great achievement it remains — the ultimate source work about Winston Churchill and the longest biography ever written (the actual Guinness record holder).</p> <p>We sadly lost Sir Martin in 2015 — one of Chartwell Booksellers’ greatest friends and an inspiration to the store always. We are honored to have his widow as our next guest reader, ESTHER, LADY GILBERT, for <a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/?s=%22ROAD+TO+VICTORY%22">ROAD TO VICTORY</a>.</p> <p><strong></strong><a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/?s=%22ROAD+TO+VICTORY%22"><em>ROAD TO VICTORY (1941-1945)</em></a><strong> </strong><em>commences with Winston Churchill learning of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and concludes with his celebration of V-E Day in London on May 8, 1945, and the end of the war in Europe. It is the first of two volumes of</em><strong> </strong><a href="https://www.chartwellbooksellers.com/product-category/churchill-official-biography/"><em>The Official Biography</em></a><strong> </strong><em>that we were privileged to premiere at Chartwell Booksellers.</em></p>