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'These letters are of genuine historical importance to anyone interested in Churchill and the Second World War. They provide a fascinating, and occasionally moving, account of wartime Britain. Supported by the fine scholarship of the author, this book reminds us of the good-nature and humanity of the Greatest Briton, even while he was under unimaginable stress and a life-threatening illness. I heartily recommend it.' -- Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny 'A very valuable and unique insight.' -- Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson M.P., author of The Churchill Factor 'A top quality, outstanding read, this well written book is historically accurate and enhanced by unique photographs.' -- Professor Allister Vale, expert on Churchill's illnesses 'This book provides a fascinating and intimate account of life in a leading London hospital at the height of the Second World War, including the wedding of our own parents. A thoroughly absorbing read.' -- David Suchet (actor) and John Suchet (former ITN News anchor, Classic FM presenter)
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A fresh perspective on Churchill and wartime life through the eyes of the nurse charged with looking after the Prime Minister. In February 1943, when the course of the Second World War hung in the balance, 68-year-old Prime Minister Winston Churchill was stricken with pneumonia. Doris Miles, from St Mary's Hospital in London, was appointed as his private nurse. During her time with Churchill, she wrote regularly to her husband, a Surgeon-Lieutenant with the Royal Navy, about life at the centre of Britain's war effort, and about Churchill himself. With unrivalled intimacy, her observations show a very human and seldom-seen side of the great man and include many amusing anecdotes. She describes with wry humour their arguments and conversations, and life at Downing Street and Chequers. She writes as well of the everyday events that carried on despite the war; weddings and parties, family and friends, births and deaths, and working life at one of London's busiest hospitals. She describes her feelings, her fears and her hopes for the future. This is a poignant and perceptive collection of previously unpublished letters that shows an ordinary person's perspective of Churchill through a crucial period of the war, as well as how the war affected those at home, unfiltered by the lens of history. It is also a love story, from a newly-wed young woman whose husband went to war. This exclusive wartime source is adroitly woven into the wider context of those turbulent times.
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- VerlagAmberley Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum2018
- ISBN 10 1445677342
- ISBN 13 9781445677347
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten288
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