That would be FDR and Churchill, as they're vividly rendered by Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham in Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship. This Random House title, published on October 21, landed on PW's list last week at #14 and is still among our top 20 (copies in print: 156,000 after eight trips to press). Part of the book's appeal, notes RH associate publicity director Sally Marvin, is its relevance to today's political climate. President Bush's trip to England the week of November 17 provided another publicity boost, with the media referring often to the "special relationship" between the two countries—a bond that harks back to these historic figures from opposite sides of the Atlantic.
—With reporting by Dick Donahue
