throughout her career lady thatcher chu inspiration from church's leadership especially moments when she faced huge challenges. key moments in history that called for ironclad resolve. she also drew comfort from the fact that churchill had on numerous occasions found himself alone on the political stage scorned even by many in his own party but nevertheless stood by his principles and beliefs. determination to confront radical regimes and reject the temptations of appeasement were influenced by her admiration for churchill's courage. to quote the iron lady everything about churchill was heroic. he was a leader, a man among men. as she recalled in a speech in london george's birthplace -- churches birthplace for me and so many others the idea is a fisa dollar ship and dollar are idea of britain herself having formed by churchill's words. please join me in welcoming con coughlin historian journalist and -- [applause] >> thank you very much for that warm introductintroduct ion. it's a great pleasure to be back here at the heritage. the book churchill's first war is a story about what i