Title

Winston and Clementine : the personal letters of the Churchills

Description

In a moving commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Winston Churchill's birth, Soames, his last surviving child (Family Album, 1982; Clementine Churchill, 1979), presents a large selection of the intimate letters of Churchill and his wife, Clementine, from 1909 to 1964. Soames presents the letters both chronologically and topically, starting with the courtship and marriage of the Churchills in 1909 and swiftly moving into Churchill's long career in Parliament and the government.

Identifier

806780

395963192

Creator

Churchill, Winston

Contributor

Churchill, Clementine

Soames, Mary

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1999

Program air date: May 2, 1999

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations

Notes on front endpapers and half-title: What were the Chartwell Bulletins. Apr. 1924--move to Chartwell. New constituency--Westminster. 1925-Chan. of Exchang. No. 11 Downing. 1929 --Out of . Office. 1930--Randolph age 19, tours US for speeches, Clem. comes for a week. Pet names p 19. A trained pig p 37, wow and woo p 20/ p 28, p 30/ p 30/ p3. 1953-Stroke WC, neuritis CC. (p9) 27 Apr 1908 weather-2nd letter.

Represented Dundee Scotland for 14 years. Unmarried girls did not dine alone. Winston predictably late, Clem " on time. Married Sept 1908. Pg 25-CSC-Clem Pussy Bird. 1909 Home secretary at 35, 1911 1st Lord of Admiralty, 1915--Dardnalles--left Adm. for Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Death letter p 111. (gambling) Apr. 1921--Bill Hozier--Clem. brother age 33 shoots himself in Paris hotel. 17 Oct 22--WC--appendectomy. Clemmie campaign in Dundee. Meeting with Vic Oliver (Sarah p 412). Speeches 306. Dardanelles p 107. p 352 1931 Clemmie's letters about Randolph in Cleveland. April 1931-Winston hit by car in N.Y. (p 357).

Closing days of life as grey and dull p 627. Pres. Roosevelt is breast high on our side July 8, 1938 (p. 435). In 1931 Mary was 9--stayed up to meet Charlie Chaplin (p 354). P 196-Letter from WC to Clemmie--love letter. 1951 Oct 26--WC becomes PM once more. 1954-Cranky with one another, his 80th p 588. Your pussy not in her basket p 325. Your ever devoted though vilely neglected Pig 215. WC b. 30 Nov 74 d. 24 Jan 65 (91), ashes CC d. 12 Dec 77 (93). WC-self centered. 1960-WC Falls (635) he's 86-bangs head/back. Jun 62-breaks hip-Monte Carlo. Sept 63-suffered stroke. 1935--Election--Conservatives win. 432-Con, 154-LAB, 21-Lib. Family crisis--Sarah wants wed Vic Oliver, 18 years older letter p 404. 1936--Chamberlain--wants him to be Foreign Sec. p 408. Dec 26-1941-In the W.H. addresses Congress for 1st time--had a heart attack. Dec. 28-1941 Addressed Canadian House. Lamb checked chapter numbers on the contents pages. Notes/Underlinings: Details on Clementine and Winston Churchill's personalities, characteristics of their letters, entertainments, 'erratic spellers.'

Lamb circles some names and writes in ages on the family tree. Winston's early career, first meeting with Clementine. Family background, early life. Love letters, early marriage, pet names, details on Churchill's travels, affection, letters from trenches, friendships, health, family concerns, trip to Washington.

Subject

"Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Correspondence."

"Churchill, Clementine, 1885-1977--Correspondence."

"Prime ministers' spouses--Great Britain--Correspondence."

"Prime ministers--Great Britain--Correspondence."

"Married people--Great Britain--Correspondence."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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