Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a MarriageClementine Churchill -- shy, passionate, and high-strung -- shunned publicity but was in the limelight throughout her adult life. As a young woman, her character, intelligence, and good looks won the attention of the impetuous Winston Churchill. Their courtship was swift, but their marriage proved immensely strong, spanning many of the major events of the twentieth century. Written with affection and candor by the Churchills' daughter Mary Soames, this revised and updated biography of a lionhearted couple's life together is not only of historic interest but deeply moving. |
Contents
Forebears and Early Childhood | 1 |
Dieppe and Afterwards | 19 |
To Thine Own Self Be True | 34 |
Early Days Together | 54 |
At the Home Off1ce | 68 |
Those that Go Down to the Sea in Ships | 88 |
The Sands Run Out | 101 |
All Over by Christmas | 123 |
The Thirties | 303 |
IV | 326 |
Taking up the Load | 338 |
V | 354 |
VI | 376 |
VII | 411 |
The Two Impostors | 417 |
Swords into Ploughshares | 440 |
The Dardanelles | 134 |
The Place of Honour | 151 |
Waiting in Silence | 175 |
Day Must Dawn | 198 |
Bleak Morning | 217 |
The Twenties | 232 |
I | 264 |
II | 276 |
III | 283 |
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