Letters for the Ages The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal
and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to
each letter explaining the context.The recipients include a vast range of
people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and
former President Eisenhower.
They are taken from within the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, where there is
a mass of Churchill's correspondence. Several of the letters included have
never appeared in book form before.
Winston Churchill has become an iconic figure greatly loved the world over,
but maybe especially these days in the USA. Churchill understood the power
of words and he used his writing to sustain and complement his political
career, publishing over 40 books and receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1953.
This volume concentrates on his more intimate words. It seeks to show the
private man behind the public figure and introduce fresh light on Churchill's
character and personality by capturing the drama, immediacy, storms,
depressions, passions and challenges of Churchill's extraordinary career.
Churchill was neither a god nor a demon. Through these letters we see him as
a human being with human emotions, frailties and a large ego. He was not
always right. He held strong opinions and was often provocative. These letters
take us into his world and allow us to follow the changes in his motivations
and beliefs as he navigates his 90 years. There are intimate letters to his (...)

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, he was also a
gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he
was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an
honorary citizen of the United States.

Allen Packwood is a Fellow of Churchill College and the Director of the
Churchill Archive at Churchill College, Cambridge. The co-curator of Churchill
and the Great Republic, a Library of Congress exhibition (2004), he has since
organized many events and lectures. He has authored several articles, edited
the recent Archives Centre guide, and lectures on Churchill.

Bloomsbury
On Sale: Sep 5/23
6.02 x 9.21 • 256 pages
Black and white facsimiles of original letters
throughout the book.
9781399408172 • $35.00 • CL - With dust jacket
Literary Collections / Letters