Churchill Defiant

by Leaming, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780061337581
• ISBN10: 0061337587
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-12
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality, in conflict with friend and foe alike, in this tumultuous political drama of his last 10 years of public life.

Table of Contents

You Will, But I Shall Not: Berlin, July 1945	p. 1
Face Facts and Retire: London, 1945	p. 23
Sans Soucis Et Sans Regrets: Lake Como, September 1945	p. 37
Old Man in a Hurry: London, October 1945	p. 45
The Wet Hen: St James's Palace, 1946	p. 53
Winnie, Winnie, Go Away: Miami Beach, Florida, 1946	p. 61
Imperious Caesar: Southampton, England, 1946	p. 72
Plots And Plotters: Hyde Park Gate, 1947	p. 85
Before It Is Too Late: Westminster Abbey, November 1947	p. 93
The Dagger is Pointed: La Capponcina, Cap d'Ail, France, August 1949	p. 108
Another Glass of Your Excellent Champagne: Venice, 1951	p. 120
White With the Bones of Englishmen: London, October 1951	p. 129
Naked Among Mine Enemies: New York, January 1952	p. 156
I Live Here, don't I?: London, 1952	p. 167
If Nothing Can Be Arranged: Jamaica, January 1953	p. 185
The Abdication of Diocletian: Buckingham Palace, 1953	p. 201
I Have A Right to be Heard!: Bermuda, December 1953	p. 241
An Obstinate Pig: Aboard the Queen Elizabeth, July 1954	p. 260
The "R" Word: Westminster Hall, November 1954	p. 287
Acknowledgments	p. 307
Source Notes	p. 309
Index	p. 343
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