 | | | | Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill |  | Authors: Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill
Creator: Alex Jennings
Publisher: BBC Radio
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3822822
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0563524383
EAN: 9780563524380
ASIN: 0563524383
Publication Date: March 2004
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Product Description
This a collection of the correspondence between Sir Winston and Lady Clementine Churchill extending from their early days of courtship in 1908 to Winston Churchill's death in 1965. The letters serve both as a chronicle of their personal achievements and tragedies over the years and as a political and social history. In their own words they recount events such as the sinking of the Titanic, the abdication of King Edward VIII, the downfall of governments, the Depression, and the two world wars. Here are first-hand accounts from the battlefields in 1915, reflections on political triumphs and upsets, as well as domestic minutiae, foreign travel, revelations of social scandals and words of mutual support. Mary Soames complements the letters with explanatory notes, biographical details and her own personal recollections in the introduction.
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A fascinating wide-lens perspective November 2, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I ended up importing this book from the UK and was very glad I did; Churchill especially reveals himself quite candidly in these letters to his wife, especially in his years out of government before WWII. Of particular interest to me were Clementine's roles and reactions to Churchill's political and military life, and what they suggest about womenof that time, class and place, etc. (Suffragettes were violent & violently handled protesters, eg) As someone who reads history partly as a way to frame with (I hope) some intelligence the events of today, this was a deeply interesting 1st person x2 account of Britain in 1st half of the century.
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