2002, ISBN: 9780760313718

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. xxv, 702 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Edited by their daughter Mary Soames. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spi… Mehr…

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. xxv, 702 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Edited by their daughter Mary Soames. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. First American Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the fifty-seven years of their life together, from the passionate and charming exchanges of their courtship and early marriage until the year before Winston's death in 1965. Written solely for each other's eyes, spontaneously and with great candor, their letters provide rare and revealing insights into both the great political and social events of a turbulent century and the intimate world of an extraordinary partnership. Here are Winston's and Clementine's vividly expressed reactions to the social reforms of the era, the harrowing experience in the trenches of the western front, the personalities of world leaders, the early defeats and the long-awaited victories of the Second World War. In moving detail we hear of Churchill's dramatic career and his final, deeply felt reflections on the fading of his enormous powers. Here also are domestic minutiae, society gossip, financial anxieties and minor quarrels, private jokes, and endearments. To read these letters is to view the grand sweep of history reflected in the daily triumphs and tragedies of two allies in love, politics, and life. Mary Soames, the only surviving child of this remarkable couple, has brought her parents to life as no biography could. We hear Winston in his own voice, broken and somber, contemplating the failure of the Dardanelles campaign in 1915, the nadir of his career. And we hear Clementine, compassionate and strong, responding with words of measured advice, her love, and her belief in his historic destiny. Above all, their correspondence illuminates what Soames calls 'their enduring and heroic partnership,' a partnership that was not free of troubles but was built on a foundation of affection, humor, and loyalty. Bringing these letters together for the first time, Winston and Clementine is a personal and often surprising portrait of one of history's titanic figures. It is also an important and powerful document of our times. / Mary Soames, born in 1922, is the youngest and only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. During World War II she served in mixed antiaircraft batteries in England and northwestern Europe and accompanied her father as an aide on several wartime overseas journeys. In 1947 she married Captain Christopher Soames, later Lord Soames, the politician and diplomat, a vice president of the European Commission and the last governor of Southern Rhodesia. He died in 1987; they had five children. She is the author of Clementine Churchill: The Biography of a Marriage, which won the Wolfson Prize for history, A Churchill Family Album, The Profligate Duke, and Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999, 3, Streamliners: History of the Railroad Iconby Mike; Welsh, Joe Schafer200 PhotographsPublishersFirst Voyageur Press 1997Second MBI Publishing Company 2002Copyright of Andover Junction PublicationsPrinted in Hong Kong. Cover priced $19.95Rarely found available in the UK.Unmarked book throughtout.Usual minor marks on the cover through being former owned, and in storage.Also on sale elsewhere. Only one copy in stock., Voyageur Press 1997, Andover Junction Publications 2002, 2002-11, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780760313718

Motorbooks Intl. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex li… Mehr…

Motorbooks Intl. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Motorbooks Intl, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780760313718

Voyageur Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex lib… Mehr…

Voyageur Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Voyageur Press, 2.5<