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Clementine

Author : Sonia Purnell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698408209
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Clementine written by Sonia Purnell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engrossing…the first formal biography of a woman who has heretofore been relegated to the sidelines.”–The New York Times From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Woman of No Importance, a long overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman who was Winston Churchill’s closest confidante, fiercest critic and shrewdest advisor that captures the intimate dynamic of one of history’s most fateful marriages. Late in life, Winston Churchill claimed that victory in the Second World War would have been “impossible” without the woman who stood by his side for fifty-seven turbulent years. Why, then, do we know so little about her? In this landmark biography, a finalist for the Plutarch prize, Sonia Purnell finally gives Clementine Churchill her due. Born into impecunious aristocracy, the young Clementine Hozier was the target of cruel snobbery. Many wondered why Winston married her, when the prime minister’s daughter was desperate for his attention. Yet their marriage proved to be an exceptional partnership. "You know,"Winston confided to FDR, "I tell Clemmie everything." Through the ups and downs of his tumultuous career, in the tense days when he stood against Chamberlain and the many months when he helped inspire his fellow countrymen and women to keep strong and carry on, Clementine made her husband’s career her mission, at the expense of her family, her health and, fatefully, of her children. Any real consideration of Winston Churchill is incomplete without an understanding of their relationship. Clementine is both the first real biography of this remarkable woman and a fascinating look inside their private world. "Sonia Purnell has at long last given Clementine Churchill the biography she deserves. Sensitive yet clear-eyed, Clementine tells the fascinating story of a complex woman struggling to maintain her own identity while serving as the conscience and principal adviser to one of the most important figures in history. I was enthralled all the way through." –Lynne Olson, bestselling author of Citizens of London

Clementine Churchill

Author : Sonia Purnell
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178131909X
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Clementine Churchill written by Sonia Purnell and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Harriet Walter. Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures is a fully illustrated and abridged edition of Sonia Purnell’s acclaimed biography, First Lady, including over 100 stunning and rarely seen photographs. Without Winston Churchill’s inspiring leadership Britain could not have survived its darkest hour. Without his wife Clementine, however, he might never have become Prime Minister. By his own admission, his role in the Second World War would have been impossible but for ‘Clemmie’. That Clementine should have become Britain’s First Lady was by no means preordained. She may have been born an aristocrat but her childhood was far from gilded. Deprived of affection, a secure home and sometimes even food on the table, by the time she entered high society she had become the target of cruel snobbery. Yet in Winston she discovered a partner as emotionally insecure as herself; and in his career she found her mission. Theirs was a marriage that was to change the course of history. Clementine gave Winston confidence, conviction and counsel. Not only was she involved in some of the most crucial decisions of the war, she also exerted an influence over her husband and his governments that might be judged scandalous today. Her ability to manage this exceptional man, and to charm Britain’s allies, earned her the deep respect of world leaders, ministers, generals and critics alike. While her tireless work to alleviate suffering on the Home Front and abroad made her a champion to many in the population at large. From the personal and political upheavals of the Great War, through the Churchills’ ‘wilderness years’ in the 1930s, to Clementine’s desperate efforts to sustain Winston during the struggle against Hitler, Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures continues to uncover the memory of one of the most remarkable women of modern times.

First Lady

Author : Sonia Purnell
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781314705
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book First Lady written by Sonia Purnell and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the personal and political upheavals of the Great War, through the Churchills’ ‘wilderness years’ in the 1930s, to Clementine’s desperate efforts to preserve her husband’s health during the struggle against Hitler, this is the inspiring but often ignored story of one of the most important women in modern history. Without Churchill’s inspiring leadership Britain could not have survived its darkest hour and repelled the Nazi menace. Without his wife Clementine, however, he might never have become Prime Minister. By his own admission, the Second World War would have been ‘impossible without her’. Clementine was Winston’s emotional rock and his most trusted confidante; not only was she involved in some of the most crucial decisions of war, but she exerted an influence over her husband and the Government that would appear scandalous to modern eyes. Yet her ability to charm Britain’s allies and her humanitarian efforts on the Home Front earned her deep respect, both behind closed doors in Whitehall and among the population at large. That Clementine should become Britain’s ‘First Lady’ was by no means pre-ordained. Born into impecunious aristocracy, her childhood was far from gilded. Her mother was a serial adulteress and gambler, who spent many years uprooting her children to escape the clutches of their erstwhile father, and by the time Clementine entered polite society she had become the target of cruel snobbery and rumours about her parentage. In Winston, however, she discovered a partner as emotionally insecure as herself, and in his career she found her mission. Her dedication to his cause may have had tragic consequences for their children, but theirs was a marriage that changed the course of history. Now, acclaimed biographer Sonia Purnell explores the peculiar dynamics of this fascinating union.

Clementine Churchill

Author : Mary Soames
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446488950
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Clementine Churchill written by Mary Soames and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1977, aged 92, she had become a much-loved and iconic figure to the British public. In spite of being instantly recognisable as the seemingly serene, cool and detached wife of Winston Churchill, she had nonetheless shunned publicity throughout her life. In this fully updated, award-winning biography, her daughter Mary Soames throws new light on her mother, writing with affection and candour of Clementine's fifty-seven-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life that spanned many of the major events of the twentieth century. Clementine Churchill was the perfect wife for Winston. For the years of their marriage she supported him through the triumphs, disasters and tensions that ruled his public and private life. As a shy, passionate and highly-strung woman, Clementine's self-control was constantly tested to the utmost by the turmoil of public life and in the no less harrowing family crises and the ever-present financial anxieties. When they married in 1908, Winston was already a Member of Parliament, and thereafter their life was played out mostly in front of the nation and the world. Winston always trusted Clementine completely and she became his valuable counsellor and companion. He invariably wanted her opinion - but did not always take her advice. She believed in him unreservedly, and in his destiny. When first published in 1979, CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL won the Yorkshire Post Prize for Best First Work and a Wolfson Prize for History. This major revision makes full use of a wealth of new, intrinsically personal material that has come to light since then and elaborates further on many of the issues raised in the original edition.

Churchill's Better Half - Clementine Churchill

Author : Edgar Wollstone
Publisher : AJS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Churchill's Better Half - Clementine Churchill written by Edgar Wollstone and published by AJS. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was one person who was equally involved in both World War I and WW2. It’s even brighter to say that she was the better-half of Winston Churchill, Britain’s leader in the wars. His biggest strength was getting a partner like her. Yes, she was Clementine Churchill, Winston Churchill’s secret weapon. She was perhaps the woman who worked hardest to win his dream title of Prime Minister rather than him. What attracted others to her the most was the sudden transformation of Clementine into a powerful woman from the one who was generally shy. She became a crutch for him in many situations where he might fall. The decisions he made at many crucial times were hers. However, Winston Churchill’s real life heroine was the unappreciated heroine of World War 1 and Second World War. She proved that a person from a poor childhood can rise through hard work and determination. She was a good family woman and a political aide. She overcame loneliness and built her future with the power of unity. This book conveys to the readers through the life of Clementine, the pillar of Winston Churchill, how a women can overcome and reach heights of every role. This book tells how Winston Churchill faced the war with the support of his spouse. It brings to the readers the story of a gem in women.

Winston and Clementine

Author : Mary Soames
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618082513
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Winston and Clementine written by Mary Soames and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 800 intimate letters between Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, are presented in this collection that provides a glimpse into the couple's ardent and playful lifelong love and offers a sweeping yet accessible view of British politics in the 20th century. Edited by the youngest, and last surviving, child of the Churchills. An "L.A. Times" Best Book of the Year. Photos.

Clementine Churchill

Author : Joan Hardwick
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780719555527
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Clementine Churchill written by Joan Hardwick and published by John Murray Publishers. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this biography, Joan Hardwick explores why Clementine Churchill felt it necessary to protect an assumed persona by disguising her political conflicts with her husband, her questioning of the soundness of his judgement, her dislike of his extravagance and love of luxury, her disappointment at the lack of passion in her marriage and her dismay at her failure as a mother. She asks why Clementine Churchill was so concerned to present herself as a calm, confident and controlled person when she was in fact subject to violent fits of temper and jealousy which left her weak and debilitated. The author also questions why for so long periods of her life her proven abilities as an organizer and her talent for inspring trust in others were put aside.

My Darling Clementine

Author : Jack Fishwick
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789128757
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book My Darling Clementine written by Jack Fishwick and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Darling Clementine: The story of Lady Churchill, first published in 1963, is a detailed look at the life of Clementine Churchill (née Hozier, 1885-1977) and her long (58 year) marriage to statesman Winston Churchill (1874-1965). Based on many years of interviews and research, the book paints an intimate portrait of the couple as the world went through the turbulent years of the 20th century. Clementine Churchill’s influence on her husband was immeasurable, and as Winston stated, “... I could never have succeeded without her.” Included are 16 pages of photographs. The book provides a uniquely moving and enthralling insight into the world of this inspiring woman.

Clementine Churchill

Author : Mary Churchill Soames
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 9780544310223
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Clementine Churchill written by Mary Churchill Soames and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, her character, intelligence, and good looks won the attention of the impetuous Winston Churchill. Their courtship was swift, but their marriage proved immensely strong, spanning many of the major events of the twentieth century. Written with affection and candor by the Churchills' daughter Mary Soames, this revised and updated biography of a lionhearted couple's life together is not only of historic interest but deeply moving.

Clementine Churchill

Author : Mary Soames
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clementine Churchill written by Mary Soames and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1979 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Darling Clementine

Author : Jack Fishman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book My Darling Clementine written by Jack Fishman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill

Author : Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324002778
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill written by Geoffrey Wheatcroft and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A major reassessment of Winston Churchill that examines his lasting influence in politics and culture. Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the greatest of all, revered for his opposition to appeasement, his defiance in the face of German bombing of England, his political prowess, his deft aphorisms, and his memorable speeches. He became the savior of his country, as prime minister during the most perilous period in British history, World War II, and is now perhaps even more beloved in America than in England. And yet Churchill was also very often in the wrong: he brazenly contradicted his own previous political stances, was a disastrous military strategist, and inspired dislike and distrust through much of his life. Before 1939 he doubted the efficacy of tank and submarine warfare, opposed the bombing of cities only to reverse his position, shamelessly exploited the researchers and ghostwriters who wrote much of the journalism and the books published so lucratively under his name, and had an inordinate fondness for alcohol that once found him drinking whisky before breakfast. When he was appointed to the cabinet for the first time in 1908, a perceptive journalist called him “the most interesting problem of personal speculation in English politics.” More than a hundred years later, he remains a source of adulation, as well as misunderstanding. This revelatory new book takes on Churchill in his entirety, separating the man from the myth that he so carefully cultivated, and scrutinizing his legacy on both sides of the Atlantic. In effervescent prose, shot through with sly wit, Geoffrey Wheatcroft illuminates key moments and controversies in Churchill’s career—from the tragedy of Gallipoli, to his shocking imperialist and racist attitudes, dealings with Ireland, support for Zionism, and complicated engagement with European integration. Charting the evolution and appropriation of Churchill’s reputation through to the present day, Churchill’s Shadow colorfully renders the nuance and complexity of this giant of modern politics.

The Churchill Sisters

Author : Dr. Rachel Trethewey
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250272408
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Churchill Sisters written by Dr. Rachel Trethewey and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls – Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary – would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were Churchills, and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father – ‘the greatest Englishman’ – to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. While Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined – each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Yet this is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives, The Churchill Sisters brings Winston’s daughters out of the shadows and tells their remarkable stories for the first time.

A Daughter's Tale

Author : Mary Soames
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446497887
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book A Daughter's Tale written by Mary Soames and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At ninety years old, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. A Daughter’s Tale follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own ‘Garden of Eden’ at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. With glimpses into her fascinating personal diary, published here for the first time, she draws us into a world where the experiences of a packed family, social and romantic life unfold against a background of cataclysmic events. When Chamberlain’s declaration of war in 1939 shatters Mary’s world, she begins to share the anxieties and stresses suffered by her family through her father’s position. The mutual love between Mary and her parents is evident on every page, from her Chartwell years to Winston’s defeat at the 1945 general election, when she recounts her own devastation on her father’s behalf. As she meets her future husband Christopher Soames at the end of this charming memoir, it is clear that, at twenty-four, Mary has lived a full life and is well prepared for her future as wife and mother.

Cairo 1921

Author : C. Brad Faught
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300256744
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Cairo 1921 written by C. Brad Faught and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The summit established the states of Iraq and Jordan as part of the Sherifian Solution and confirmed the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine--the future state of Israel. No other conference had such an enduring impact on the region. C. Brad Faught demonstrates how the conference, although dominated by the British with limited local participation, was an ambitious if ultimately unsuccessful attempt to move the Middle East into the world of modern nationalism. Faught reveals that many officials, including T. E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell, were driven by the determination for state building in the area to succeed. Their prejudices, combined with their abilities, would profoundly alter the Middle East for decades to come.

Leben mit Winston

Author : Jack Fishman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Leben mit Winston written by Jack Fishman and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Duty and Destiny

Author : Gary Scott Smith
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467461938
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Duty and Destiny written by Gary Scott Smith and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nuanced portrait of a great historical figure considered everything from a “God-haunted man” to a “stalwart nonbeliever” What did faith mean to Winston Churchill? Churchill was far from transparent about his religious beliefs and never regularly attended church services as an adult, even considering himself “not a pillar of the church but a buttress,” in the sense that he supported it “from the outside.” But Gary Scott Smith assembles pieces of Churchill’s life and words to convey the profound sense of duty and destiny, partly inspired by his religious convictions, that undergirded his outlook. Reflecting on becoming prime minister in 1940, he wrote, “It felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial.” In a similarly grand fashion, he described opposing the Nazis—and later the Soviets—as a struggle between light and darkness, driven by the duty to preserve “humane, enlightened, Christian society.” Though Churchill harbored intellectual doubts about Christianity throughout his life, he nevertheless valued it greatly and drew on its resources, especially in the crucible of war. In Duty and Destiny, Smith unpacks Churchill’s paradoxical religious views and carefully analyzes the complexities of his legacy. This thorough examination of Churchill’s religious life provides a new narrative structure to make sense of one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.