Book Description
This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.
Author : Jacob F. Field
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,30 MB
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1782439730
This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.
Author : Jacob F Field
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category :
ISBN : 9780369362216
This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill, the 'man of the century' who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time. As well as providing a new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser known moments of his life, as well as intriguing facts about how he lived and worked, his friends and enemies, loves and hates. Did you know that: - Churchill invented the 'belly band' around cigars? - A duck-billed platypus - named Winston - was sent from Australia to join Churchill's menagerie at Chartwell? - He escaped from a POW camp during the Second Boer War? - He was a handy bricklayer in his spare time? These and many more extraordinary facts are detailed in this book. It will provide even the Churchill aficionado with another perspective on the great man, who remains a figure of fascination for millions worldwide.
Author : JACOB F. FIELD
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9780369345097
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 1950
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Rosamond Siemon
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780702234989
From the bestselling author of "The Mayne Inheritance" Arnold Wienolt MP, lion hunter and intelligence agent was a larger-than-life action hero whose eccentricities were legendary. He once hired a circus tent when campaigning for parliament and offered to box all-comers in the ring. On his first hunting expedition to Africa he recklessly pursued a wounded lion and ended up scarred for life.Schooled at Eton and on his family s vast holdings in Queensland, Wienholt fought for Empire during the Boer War and was an early exponent of guerilla warfare. Decorated for bravery in the First World War, he died in mysterious circumstances spying behind the lines in northern Africa in 1940.Ros Siemon s engrossing tale has to read about to be believed."
Author : Philip Guedalla
Publisher :
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 1944
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Robert Schmuhl
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1324093439
“Robert Schmuhl admirably captures the vitality and cunning of Churchill’s D.C. residency with consummate skill, colorful anecdotes, and crisp historical analysis.” —Douglas Brinkley Well into the twenty-first century, Winston Churchill continues to be the subject of scores of books. Biographers portray him as a soldier, statesman, writer, painter, and even a daredevil, but Robert Schmuhl, the noted author and journalist, may be the first to depict him as a demanding, indeed exhausting White House guest. For the British prime minister, America’s most famous residence was “the summit of the United States,” and staying weeks on end with the president as host enhanced his global influence and prestige, yet what makes Churchill’s sojourns so remarkable are their duration at critical moments in twentieth-century history. From his first visit in 1941 to his last one eighteen years later, Churchill made himself at home in the White House, seeking to disprove Benjamin Franklin’s adage that guests, like fish, smell after three days. When obliged to be attired, Churchill shuffled about in velvet slippers and a tailored-for-air-raids “siren suit,” resembling a romper. In retrospect, these extended stays at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue take on a new level of diplomatic and military significance. Just imagine, for example, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky spending weeks at America’s most powerful address, discussing war strategy and access to weaponry, as Churchill did during the 1940s. Drawing on years of research, Schmuhl not only contextualizes the unprecedented time Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt spent together between 1941 and 1945, but he also depicts the individual figures involved: from Churchill himself to “General Ike,” as he affectionately called Dwight D. Eisenhower, to Harry Truman, and not to mention the formidable Eleanor Roosevelt, who resented Churchill’s presence in the White House and wanted him to occupy the nearby Blair House instead (which, predictably, he did not do). Mr. Churchill in the White House presents a new perspective on the politician, war leader, and author through his intimate involvement with one Democratic and one Republican president during his two terms as prime minister. Indeed, Churchill had his own “Special Relationship” with these two presidents. Diaries, letters, government documents, and memoirs supply the archival foundation and color for each Churchill visit, providing a wholly novel perspective on one of history’s most perplexing and many-faceted figures.
Author : Isaiah Berlin
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,89 MB
Release : 1900
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Tim Wendel
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1458759725
Charismatic, erudite, and often controversial, Winston Churchill was one of the most inspiring leaders of the twentieth century, and one of its greatest wits. His much-celebrated sense of fun and mischief has led to many of his jokes and ripostes becoming almost as well known as his famous wartime speeches. Gloriously comprehensive, The Definitive Wit of Winston Churchill includes all Churchill's most famous quips and witticisms, and even an appendix of quotes falsely attributed to Churchill. The only book of its kind to be sanctioned by the Churchill estate and to track down each quotation to its source, it captures the great statesman at his most eloquent, witty, and engaging and makes a great gift for the holidays and special occasions year-round.
Author : Dominique Enright
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1843175894
This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of Churchill's wittiest remarks as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman.