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Darling Winston
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 16 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Between 1881, when Churchill was just six, and 1921, the year of his mother's death, Winston Churchill and Jennie Jerome were prolific and energetic correspondents. Their exchange of letters has never before been published as a volume of correspondence, and many of these intimate letters - between two highly gifted writers - are being published here for the first time.
A significant addition to the Churchill canon, Darling Winston traces Churchill's emotional, intellectual and political development as confided to his main mentor. As well as providing a basic narrative of Jennie and Winston's lives over a 40-year period, Darling Winston portrays a mother-son relationship characterised at the outset by Winston's dependence on his mother, which is dramatically reversed as her life crumbles tragically towards its end.
Copyright in the letters of Winston S. Churchill © The Estate of Winston S. Churchill; copyright in the previously unpublished letters of Lady Randolph Churchill © The Master, Fellows and Scholars of Churchill College, Cambridge; copyright in the compilation, introduction, editorial text, footnotes, appendix © David Lough, 2018
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- mrs ce horton
- 29-03-24
Fascinating insight into the Young Winston - enjoyed every page.
I had no idea of the importance of his mother in the life of Winston Churchill. This book lays bare their relationship and provides a fascinating insight into his early ambition and her drive to help him succeed.
Money, or the lack of it surfaces as a constant theme throughout almost every letter, as does Winston’s absolute unshakeable belief in his own worth and his own destiny. Really compelling reading.
My emotions throughout the book shifted back and forth between sadness at the loneliness of his childhood as his mother tripped about the world from party to party and tour to tour, to a grimace at Winston’s apparent vanity and then uplifted in his successes.
Brilliantly narrated and so well written. Left me wanting to learn more about the life and times of one of the greatest political legends in history.
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