All Behind You, Winston will tell the story of the most remarkable gathering of leaders in modern British history: the War Ministry that saw the country through its darkest - and finest - hour.
The story of Churchill's wartime coalition government, which was instrumental in helping win WWII. Explores the roles played by Lord Beaverbrook, Ernest Bevin, Lord Woolton, Sir John Anderson, Ellen Wilkinson, Florence Horsburgh and many others. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one minister, creating a personality-driven narrative throughout.
"[Hermiston] takes a firm grip, writes well and refreshes the [familiar] narrative with a substantial helping of original research. The result is an accessible political history, enlivened by shrewd, vivid portraits...Hermiston is excellent on the Labour contingent of Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison and Hugh Dalton, while showing how wrong it would be to claim that they dominated the home front."
