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Winston Churchill by His Personal Secretary

Author : Elizabeth Nel
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9780595911448
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Winston Churchill by His Personal Secretary written by Elizabeth Nel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Nel served as Winston Churchill's personal secretary during World War II. The vivid and human details of her experiences, of her impressions and memories of the irascible and loveable war hero, take up the story of Churchill's life at No. 10 where the BBC's impressive drama, The Gathering Storm, leaves off-when Churchill took over the reins of Government at the outset of the war. Finally, the author, Elizabeth Nel, at 90 years of age, looks back across the years. "Mrs Nel was Mr Churchill's secretary from 1941 to 1945 and her experiences, from the first day of inevitable blunders to the wartime meetings in Canada, the United States, Moscow, Yalta and Casablanca to which she accompanied him, are told with a modest restraint."-The Times Literary Supplement "She was by his side when Germany attacked Russia; when Pearl Harbour, the fall of Tobruk and Arnhem occurred. But somehow the distant roar of guns is dimmed by the sweat of being Mr Churchill's secretary."-Daily Express "It is a personal book, but one that shows the great admiration Churchill was able to inspire in those who worked with him."-New York Herald Tribune

Mr. Churchill's Secretary

Author : Elizabeth Nel
Publisher : New York : Coward McCann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Churchill's Secretary written by Elizabeth Nel and published by New York : Coward McCann. This book was released on 1958 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Canadian tells about her experiences and impressions as one of Churchill's personal secretaries during the war years.

I was Winston Churchill's Private Secretary

Author : Phyllis Moir
Publisher : New York : Funk
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I was Winston Churchill's Private Secretary written by Phyllis Moir and published by New York : Funk. This book was released on 1941 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Splendid and the Vile

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 038534872X
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The Splendid and the Vile written by Erik Larson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis “One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Vogue • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • New York Post • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMatters On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

Churchill's Secretary

Author : Elizabeth Nel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712353434
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Churchill's Secretary written by Elizabeth Nel and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After four and a half years spent recording the dictation of one of history's greatest leaders, Elizabeth Nel decided to record events in her own words. At first resisted by Churchill, her astonishing memoir was eventually published in 1958. Following an idyllic childhood in Canada, Elizabeth Nel moves across the world to complete a secretarial course in London, and is soon summoned for duty at Number 10 Downing Street. After a trying introduction to the world of wartime government, Elizabeth finds herself accompanying the Prime Minister on increasingly significant journeys, first on his regular trips to Chequers, and later internationally, to Washington, Russia and Greece. Nel's stark and revealing prose illuminates life in wartime Britain, particularly for working women, who were both heavily relied upon and often overlooked. Churchill's Secretary is a fascinating tale of tirelessness and tenacity in the face of national adversity.

Mr. Churchill's Secretary

Author : Susan Elia MacNeal
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0593600533
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Churchill's Secretary written by Susan Elia MacNeal and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BARRY AWARD WINNER • Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it. “With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever. . . . Taut, well-plotted, and suspenseful, this is a wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for codebreaking, though, rival those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her a level of clearance she could never have imagined—and opportunities she will not let pass. In troubled, deadly times, with air-raid sirens sending multitudes underground, access to the War Rooms also exposes Maggie to the machinations of a menacing faction determined to do whatever it takes to change the course of history. Ensnared in a web of spies, murder, and intrigue, Maggie must work quickly to balance her duty to King and Country with her chances for survival. And when she unravels a mystery that points toward her own family’s hidden secrets, she’ll discover that her quick wits are all that stand between an assassin’s murderous plan and Churchill himself. In this daring debut, Susan Elia MacNeal blends meticulous research on the era, psychological insight into Winston Churchill, and the creation of a riveting main character, Maggie Hope, into a spectacularly crafted novel.

Working With Winston

Author : Cita Stelzer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786695855
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Working With Winston written by Cita Stelzer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To maintain the pace at which he worked as a parliamentarian, cabinet minister, war leader, writer and painter, Churchill required a vast female staff of secretaries, typists and others. For these women Churchill was an intimidating boss; he was a man of prodigious energy, who imposed unusual and demanding schedules on those around him, and who combined a callous-seeming disregard with sincere solicitude for their well-being. Churchill was no ordinary employer: he did not live by the clock on the office wall. He expected those who worked with and for him to live by that timetable. Despite these often unreasonable demands, Churchill inspired an enduring loyalty and affection amongst the women who worked for him. Drawing on the wealth of oral testimonies of Churchill's many secretaries held in the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, Cita Stelzer – author of Dinner with Churchill – brings to life the experiences of a legion of women whose stories have hitherto remained unpublished in journals and letters. In recapturing their memories of working for and with Churchill – of famous people met, of travels abroad, of taking dictation in non-air-conditioned aeroplanes, of working though whisky-fuelled nights – she paints an original and memorable biographical portrait of one of the twentieth century's iconic statesmen.

The Private Lives of Winston Churchill

Author : John Pearson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448207835
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book The Private Lives of Winston Churchill written by John Pearson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of All the Money in the World, now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott, comes an extraordinary biography of Winston Churchill, a lion of a man who helped shape the course of this century with his relentless ambition and fierce political instincts. Few have matched Winston Churchill's cunning or force of will. Few have seen the equal of his audacity on the battlefield or the determination with which he strove toward his own ideal of greatness. At the height of his power, he seemed to embody the ideals of the empire he helped sustain: valor, pride, and above all, tradition. His sense of personal destiny was rooted deeply in the legacy of his birth-right, the heritage of his family, and the awesome responsibility of being born Churchill. In The Private Lives of Winston Churchill, first published in 1991, John Pearson takes us behind the myth of Churchill and deep into the psychology of a dynasty that some have called the most complicated Anglo-American family of this century. In doing so, he reveals, in rich portraits, some of the family's greatest, most charismatic, and most deeply troubled members and shows us the real, private Winston Churchill.

The Fringes of Power

Author : John Colville
Publisher : Globe Pequot
ISBN 13 : 9781585745081
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Fringes of Power written by John Colville and published by Globe Pequot. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate and unvarnished view of Winston Churchill at his best.

How Churchill Waged War

Author : Allen Packwood
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473893917
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book How Churchill Waged War written by Allen Packwood and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analytical investigation into Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s decision-making process during every stage of World War II. When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. This, though, meant that he alone would be responsible for the success or failure of Britain’s war effort. It also meant that he would be faced with many monumental challenges and utterly crucial decisions upon which the fate of Britain and the free world rested. With the limited resources available to the UK, Churchill had to pinpoint where his country’s priorities lay. He had to respond to the collapse of France, decide if Britain should adopt a defensive or offensive strategy, choose if Egypt and the war in North Africa should take precedence over Singapore and the UK’s empire in the East, determine how much support to give the Soviet Union, and how much power to give the United States in controlling the direction of the war. In this insightful investigation into Churchill’s conduct during the Second World War, Allen Packwood, BA, MPhil (Cantab), FRHistS, the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, enables the reader to share the agonies and uncertainties faced by Churchill at each crucial stage of the war. How Churchill responded to each challenge is analyzed in great detail and the conclusions Packwood draws are as uncompromising as those made by Britain’s wartime leader as he negotiated his country through its darkest days.

Churchill's Secretary

Author : Linda Stoker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Churchill's Secretary written by Linda Stoker and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time when life seemed hopeless, leading up to the impending threat of World War II. Winston Churchill was the one man who stood firm against Hitler's Nazis. The people responded to one of the most profound leaders in history. Behind the scenes, his secretary worked tireless hours in typing and dictation. Here are Mary's unique words and story. On the eve of war, Mary Shearburn was recruited by Winston Churchill as his 'late work' secretary. Often working from 8 am until 3 am each night, Mary was delighted when she was told she did not need to report on Christmas morning until 8.30 am. Mary was told she should have received a medal for her dedicated war work, but forgotten at the end of the conflict. She left a sheaf of notes on her employment with Mr Churchill. Read her own words and decide if she deserved recognition.Mary Shearburn, gives her account of memoirs and the demands she had to overcome working with Churchill. An ordinary woman doing an extraordinary job. It reveals insights into Churchill, the man. "In July 1939, the nation heard of the terrible disaster to the submarine 'Thetis', sunk with all hands off the coast of Britain. I learned all hope for the submarine crew had been abandoned. For some time, Churchill sat in silence, staring at his desk. It was a dark, blustery night, and through the windows I could see shadowy branches swaying. In sombre tones. Churchill described the disaster and pictured the plight of the doomed mariners. I was so moved by his words, when he ordered, "Read that back". I could hardly control my voice.

Long Sunset

Author : Anthony Montague Browne
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
ISBN 13 : 9780304344789
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Long Sunset written by Anthony Montague Browne and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anthony Montague Browne was a young diplomat in Paris when in 1952 he was seconded to become Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, who in 1951 had returned to 10 Downing Street for his second term as Prime Minister." "Apart from a brief return to the Foreign Office after the Prime Minister's retirement in 1955, he remained with Churchill - as adviser, amanuensis and assistant - until Churchill's death in January 1965. He served as companion on the official foreign visits and the holidays with Max Beaverbrook and Aristotle Onassis, helped with the great literary works, and became his closest intimate as well as speech-writer and spokesman in Churchill's last decade." "Long Sunset describes a rich and varied career. As a young man Anthony Montague Browne fought in the Second World War as a pilot with distinction and was awarded the DFC, and after 1965 he served in the Royal Household." "But it is the figure of Winston Churchill which dominates these memoirs (to which his daughter Mary Soames contributes a Foreword) and as the final member of what he called 'my circle' to have written an autobiography, Anthony Montague Browne represents a last link with the greatest Englishman of the century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Winston Churchill by His Personal Secretary

Author : Elizabeth Nel
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595911447
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Winston Churchill by His Personal Secretary written by Elizabeth Nel and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Nel served as Winston Churchill's personal secretary during World War II. The vivid and human details of her experiences, of her impressions and memories of the irascible and loveable war hero, take up the story of Churchill's life at No. 10 where the BBC's impressive drama, The Gathering Storm, leaves off-when Churchill took over the reins of Government at the outset of the war. Finally, the author, Elizabeth Nel, at 90 years of age, looks back across the years. "Mrs Nel was Mr Churchill's secretary from 1941 to 1945 and her experiences, from the first day of inevitable blunders to the wartime meetings in Canada, the United States, Moscow, Yalta and Casablanca to which she accompanied him, are told with a modest restraint."-The Times Literary Supplement "She was by his side when Germany attacked Russia; when Pearl Harbour, the fall of Tobruk and Arnhem occurred. But somehow the distant roar of guns is dimmed by the sweat of being Mr Churchill's secretary."-Daily Express "It is a personal book, but one that shows the great admiration Churchill was able to inspire in those who worked with him."-New York Herald Tribune

Winston Churchill

Author : R. Crosby Kemper (III.)
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826210364
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Winston Churchill written by R. Crosby Kemper (III.) and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of lectures delivered at the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library on the campus of Westminster College, by authorities on British history and on Sir Winston Churchill, and by those personally acquainted with him, including his daughter Mary Soames and his private secretary. Topics include Churchill's ambivalence toward the Conservative party, his belief in British imperial rule in India, and his role in the Cold War and the origins of the Iron Curtain speech. c. Book News Inc.

Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

Author : Andrew Holt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317075633
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister written by Andrew Holt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been noted by historians. However, while much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence on policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951–55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979–83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder, particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly, their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders, often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly, the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally, each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history, this collection broadens our understanding of the subject, and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy.

Winston Churchill and His Inner Circle

Author : Sir John Rupert Colville
Publisher : Wyndham Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Winston Churchill and His Inner Circle written by Sir John Rupert Colville and published by Wyndham Publications. This book was released on 1981 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

CHURCHILL

Author : Geoffrey Best
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852852535
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book CHURCHILL written by Geoffrey Best and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm." --Churchill Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once made him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack from revisionists. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness one of Britain's most distinguished historians rebuts these charges and makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long controversial, colourful, contradictory and heroic career. Geoffrey Best brings out both his strengths and his weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a clear insight into Churchill's greatness. "We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm." --Churchill Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership in the Second World War once made him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack from revisionists. In Churchill: A Study in Greatness one of Britain's most distinguished historians rebuts these charges and makes sense of this extraordinary man and his long controversial, colourful, contradictory and heroic career. Geoffrey Best brings out both his strengths and his weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a clear insight into Churchill's greatness.