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Description
Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower.
Letters for the Ages concentrates on the more intimate words of Winston Churchill, seeking to show the private man behind the public figure and shine fresh light on Churchill’s character and personality by capturing the drama, immediacy, storms, depressions, passions and challenges of his extraordinary career. These letters take us into his world and allow us to follow the changes in his motivations and beliefs as he navigates his 90 years. There are intimate letters to his parents, his teacher at Harrow, his wife Clementine, Prime Minister Asquith, Anthony Eden, President Roosevelt, Eamon De Valera and Charles De Gaulle.
The letters are presented in chronological order, with a preface to each explaining the context, and they are accompanied throughout by facsimiles of said letters and photographs, offering the reader a sense of Churchill in his most private moments.
About the Author
Michael Dobbs was Washington Post bureau chief in Moscow from 1988 to 1993 and covered the State Department through 1997. He returns to the investigative staff of the Post in the fall of 1998. He is the author of Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire.
Praise For…
“...a valuable contribution to ever-popular Churchill history... [provides] an unvarnished view of Churchill through personal correspondence between the man and family, friends, and contemporaries.” —Booklist
"An edifying peek at what “Winny” wrote behind the scenes…A treasure trove of Churchill’s correspondence." An edifying peek at what “Winny” wrote behind the scenes…A treasure trove of Churchill’s correspondence. —Washington Independent Review of Books
"A must have for the serious Churchill aficionado and anyone interested in gaining a fuller understanding of the great man." —The Churchillian
"An introduction to the private and personal Churchill that often gets lost in the larger works of history and biography." —New York Journal of Books
"[contains some of the] best letters from Churchill to family, friends and fellow politicians." —Seattle Book Review
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