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Churchill, Winston
This British Bulldog and famous wartime Prime Minister grew up in Blenheim Palace as a Spencer-Churchill. He started out as a journalist, and wrote prodigiously until his death. Determined, outspoken and larger than life, Churchill went through several stages of unpopularity. His time at the Admiralty was not without controversy, and while appeasement was popular between the wars, Churchill wasn't. But cometh the hour, cometh the man, and World War Two was Churchill's finest hour. He was very much a product of his times and background but on geopolitics was rarely wrong. He foresaw the cold war approaching and the 'Iron Curtain' speech at Missouri in March 1946 was prophetic, though his desire for a closer relationship between Britain and America was less well received by Truman who thought correctly that British power was in serious decline.
Churchill was a tremendously talented and complex man, iconic and very human at the same time. Unlike many politicians of today, he cared more about being right than being popular. He was likewise unbothered by convention. Churchill used to conduct meetings during the war with heads of staff (and in the picture here with Dwight D Eisenhower), in his dressing gown. He also had Turnbull and Asser make him what he called 'romper suits', an all in one suit that was easy to put on and had an 'adjustable' waistline. These became known as 'siren suits' as they were supposedly easy to put on if the air raid siren went off. In truth this was not Churchill's motivation for them. He often had been known to go up onto the roof of number ten Downing Street to watch the Blitz rather than down to the bunker underneath the Treasury.
A whole library can be devoted to him and his life and works. The magisterial sixteen volume Gilbert biography is a testament to his full life, lived at the centre of world affairs. We try to have in stock as much of his cannon as we can.
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1942 Great ContemporariesLondon: 1947A smart second edition of this collection of biographical essays by Sir Winston S. Churchill. -
1923-31 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-31A first impression set of Winston Churchill's influential account of the First World War, illustrated with many folding maps. -
1949-1952 4vol The Second World WarLondon: 1949-1965Four volumes of memoirs from Sir Winston Churchill that cover the period over the Second World War. -
1949-1967 3vol The Second World War by Winston S. ChurchillLondon: 1949-1967Three volumes of memoirs from Sir Winston Churchill that cover the period over the Second World War. -
1961 The American Civil WarLondon: 1961An illustrated first separate edition of this work on the American Civil War. -
1956-1958 4 Vols A History of the English Speaking PeoplesLondon : 1956-1958A comprehensive four volume set of Winston Churchill's renowned History of the English Speaking Peoples, with maps throughout. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his personal experiences during the Second Boer War, illustrated with folding maps, and in the publisher's original cloth. -
1900 Ian Hamilton's MarchLondon : 1900A first edition copy of Winston Churchill's account of his experiences during the Second Boer War. -
1951 The Second World War: Volume II, Their Finest HourLondon : 1951An interesting history of the Second World War from the perspective of Winston Churchill. -
1948 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-54Winston Churchill's memoirs of the Second World War, a complete first edition set in six volumes. -
1933 The Great WarLondon: 1933-4A complete issue run of Sir Winston Churchill's history of the First World War, in the original twenty-six parts. -
1951 The River War, An Account of the Reconquest of SudanLondon: 1951A smart, early edition of Churchill's history of Kitchener's triumph in the Sudan, illustrated with a wealth of folding maps and in the publisher's original dust wrapper. -
1931 The World CrisisLondon: 1931The first abridged edition of Sir Winston Churchill's acclaimed history of the First World War. -
1951 River War, An Account of the Reconquest of the SudanLondon: 1951A smart edition of Churchill's history of Kitchener's triumph in the Sudan, illustrated with a wealth of folding maps and in the publisher's original dust wrapper. -
1910 My African JourneyLondon: 1910The first 'cheap' edition of Winston Churchill's documentation of his 1907 five month long trip to Africa. -
1900 London to Ladysmith via PretoriaLondon: 1900The first edition of Sir Winston Churchill's firsthand account of his time during the African War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931An early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931An unusually smart early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931A very smart first edition set of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War. -
1923 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-1931A very important association copy of the first edition of Winston Churchill's noted account of the First World War from the library of World War I Gallipoli commander, Granville Egerton.