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1937. George Orwell returns to Great Britain from war-torn Spain, where he suffered a serious throat wound, and begins to write some of his finest writing. At the same time, in another corner of the country, Winston Churchill, who had been wounded in action more than once in his life, was fighting his own battle: against the policy of appeasement of the aggressor. The two men have no idea what they really have in common.

The two different positions - the prime minister, who guided Great Britain through the misery of the Second World War, and the writer of the iconic dystopia "1984". They have never met and lived very different lives, but they have more in common than it seems. They were adventurous, daring and full of ideas that are ahead of their time - and they are as relevant as ever today.

Journalist Thomas Rix has traced the phenomenon of Churchill's and Orwell's greatness, how they came to be recognised, what mistakes they made and what they warned future generations about. As well as the way in which, in spite of the political and worldview discord, they unapologetically wanted one and the same. The author presents everything in the book so clearly and masterfully that you feel an invisible link between the two parts of these legendary posts.