In Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, Jon Meacham brings Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to life. He describes Roosevelt\\\'s coterie of friends and advisers and the ups and downs of their influence on Roosevelt. Although Churchill and Roosevelt both came from wealth, Churchill was outgoing and emotional while Roosevelt was enigmatic and secretive. It was Churchill who courted (for that is the only word for it) Roosevelt -- and the western world should be grateful that he succeeded in forging a strong relationship with the American president. This relationship was later tested when Stalin entered the picture, as Roosevelt played Stalin against Churchill. Meacham writes engagingly about two fascinating individuals at the center of one of the most important periods of world history. Our book club enjoyed his book and your will, too.