| Description |
viii, 453 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Do try to get Papa to come, he has never been -- Meteor beast -- Winston is a pasha -- It's only a game, Father -- I love him vy much -- But words are useless -- They fight like cats -- My brother, the bastard -- This is a most rash and unconsidered plunge -- Everything is black, very black -- Winston is back -- I could discipline the bloody business at last -- My favorite American -- R is his blind spot -- Every day I think of you -- A sorrow & a mortification -- Finis -- A walking volcano -- I love you more than any man or woman I have ever met -- He's asked me. He's asked me at last. |
| Summary |
"We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace, the ever-present cigar, the wit and wisdom that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet away from the House of Commons and the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill was a loving family man who doted on his children, none more so than Randolph, his only boy and Winston's anointed heir to the Churchill legacy. Randolph may have been born in his father's shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far. For decades, throughout Winston's climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable--dining with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son's future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures." -- Amazon. |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family.
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Churchill, Randolph S. (Randolph Spencer), 1911-1968.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Churchill family.
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Fathers and sons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Churchill and son |
| ISBN |
9781524744458 (hardcover) |
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152474445X (hardcover) |
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