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WINSTON AND CLEMENTINE: THE PERSONAL LETTERS OF THE CHURCHILLS
Soames, Mary
1999 10173 Fifty-seven years of letters between Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine reveal the romance and adventure shared by the heroic leader and his brilliant, adventurous wife. Mixing the personal and the political, the mundane and the adventurous, the letters collected in Winston and Clementine reveal a love and friendship in the middle of a world on the brink. FROM THE PUBLISHER Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the fifty-seven years of their life together, from the passionate and charming exchanges of their courtship until the year before Winston's death in 1965. Their letters provide rare and revealing insights into both the great political and social events of a turbulent century and the intimate world of an extraordinary partnership. Mary Soames, the only surviving child of this remarkable couple, has brought her parents to life as no biographer could. In moving detail we hear of Churchill's dramatic career and his final, deeply felt reflections on the fading of his enormous powers. And we hear Clementine, responding with her love and advice, and her belief in his destiny. Bringing these letters together for the first time, WINSTON AND CLEMENTIME is a surprising portrait of one of history's most significant figures. FROM THE CRITICS Thomas Mallon - The New York Times Book Review From the start, Winston Churchill understood that he could present himself to his wife without "the slightest disguise"....He finally emerges as the more likable partner in the marriage. Clementine has high spirits, but no real silliness....The duration of the Churchills' intimacy, their private day inside so much history, is even now - no, especially now - a source of amazement. Michiko Kakutani - New York Times ...[T]he reader comes away awed by [Churchill's] prodigious energy, his disparate enthusiasms for everything from painting to animal husbandry....Though the letters...slow to a trickle in the final years, they continue to send each other little notes...testaments, in Churchill's words, to their "happiness in a world of accident & storm. Christian Science Monitor The letters[Soames] saysgave her a [clear] perception of three subjects that absorbed them: politicsmoneyand children....[The letters] provide musings on domesticity and a portrait of a close and sustaining marriage. Harper's Bazaar The most romantic read of the spring. Algis Valiunas - The American Spectator It is astonishing that, from...extravagant wretchedness, two spirits should emerge hopeful and undaunted and capable of loving each other devotedly....There is something bracing about the way the Churchills look aside from their personal grief and turn their attention to the public matters of the day. Read all 11 "From The Critics" > WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING : An intimate revelation of the mysteries and fulfillments of marriage...a permanent contribution to the history of our times. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. A fascinating view into the public and private life of one of this century's defining figures. it is also a deeply moving love story. - Dr. Henry Kissinger Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-96319-2 / 9780395963197
Hardcover Very Good Boston
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