Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
A long over-due tribute to the extraordinary woman who was Winston Churchill's closest confident, fiercest critic and shrewdest advisor that captures the intimate dynamic of one of history's most fateful marriages, as seen on The Crown and Darkest Hour--"Engrossingthe first formal biography of a woman who has heretofore been relegated to the sidelines."-The New York Times
Late in life, Winston Churchill claimed that victory in the Second World War would have been "impossible" without the woman who stood by his side for fifty-seven turbulent years. Why, then, do we know so little about her? In this landmark biography, a finalist for the Plutarch prize, Sonia Purnell finally gives Clementine Churchill her due.
Born into impecunious aristocracy, the young Clementine Hozier was the target of cruel snobbery. Many wondered why Winston married her, when the prime minister's daughter was desperate for his attention. Yet their marriage proved to be an exceptional partnership. "You know,"Winston confided to FDR, "I tell Clemmie everything."
Through the ups and downs of his tumultuous career, in the tense days when he sto
Winston Churchill Life Summary: A Short Bio
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The product of an alcoholic, syphilitic father and promiscuous American mother, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Ironically, he would never have come to greatness but for his contemporary and bitter rival Adolf Hitler.
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Descended from the Dukes of Marlborough, Churchill was primed for success despite his parental problems. He graduated from the Sandhurst military academy in and embarked upon a dizzying army career. He reported news from Cuba, served in India, and in he fought in the battle of Omdurman in Sudan, where he rode in one of the last great cavalry charges. The following year he was a newspaper correspondent in South Africa, covering the Boer War. Not yet twenty-five, he received a thousand dollars a month plus expenses—a staggering amount, but London’s Morning Post considered him worth it. He was audacious and innovative, and as a later biographer said, ‘‘Churchill used the E
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Sonia Purnell
Sonia Purnell is a journalist and a biographer who has worked at The Telegraph, The Economist, and The Sunday Times.
Sonia has written for most of the national newspapers in the United Kingdom, as well as several prestigious publications in other countries like The Wall Street Journal in the United States.
Sonia found out about Virginia Hall’s story after finishing work on “Clementine”, her biography of Clementine Churchill. Purnell. She began wondering if there were any other buried tales about heroic women from World War II. While she began what would become three years of research, Purnell came across fleeting mentions of Hall’s magnificent courage in some documents that were otherwise focused on men.
While writing “A Woman of No Importance”, she wound up getting addicted to Hall’s tale, starting an international journey in order to piece her work together. The records of Hall’s work, that didn’t get destroyed or lost or are still classified, were all over the place. Purnell traveled betwe
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