Darling Winston Av David Lough

The first ever collection of the letters between Churchill and his mother. ''[An] entertaining and illuminating collection... As a whole it is a deeply moving account''Literary Review. ''This collection of letters is fascinating''New Statesman. ''[A] fascinating correspondence''Daily Telegraph. ''This sparkling volume will be devoured by all who revere Churchill''Daily Mail. Winston Churchill adored his mother Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill. Between 1881, when Churchill was six, and 1921, the year of Jennie''s death, mother and son were prolific letter-writers. In Darling Winston, David Lough has compiled the first-ever edited selection of their voluminous and entertaining forty-year correspondence. Churchill''s life across this period follows a trajectory of adventure and political ambition ¿ army service in India, escape from a Boer POW camp, swift ascent from Conservative MP for Oldham to Liberal First Lord of the Admiralty, resignation in the wake of the debacle of Gallipoli, and

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