Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Peter Clark is a writer and translator with degrees from Keele and Leicester universities. He worked in the overseas career service of the British Council for thirty-one years and has published many books, including Dickens's London. Clark has also published nine books as a translator from Arabic.
<p>'It's a fascinating tour guide, rich in stories and detail, which informs as well as entertains - a kind of life through places.'</p>
- New Statesman,
<p>‘Peter Clark has lent the story [of Churchill] a freshness’</p>
- Times Literary Supplement,
<p>‘Churchill’s wide, paintatious travels … excellently chronicled by Peter Clark in his well-researched and well-written <em>Churchill’s Britain</em>‘<br />
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- Claremont Review of Books,
<p>‘Peter Clark brings a well-honed literary facility to the task of creating this highly readable book.’<br />
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- Finest Hour, Journal of the International Churchill Society,
<p>'Peter Clark has lent the story [of Churchill] a freshness'</p>
- TLS,
Blenheim Palace, Chartwell, and the Cabinet War Rooms - all places synonymous with Winston Churchill. But there was much more to the great statesman than grand houses and government buildings.
In Churchill's Britain, Peter Clark takes us the length and breadth of the British Isles. We visit the shop where Churchill bought his cigars in London, stop over the impressive country homes in Norfolk and Surrey, and join the crowds at impassioned political altercations in Belfast and Dundee. Each region is introduced with a historic map, bringing Britain as Churchill knew it to life.
This tour of sites that made important contributions to the Churchill story pieces together a fresh, fascination picture of an extraordinary individual.
Introduction // 1
1. London: SWI // 3
2. London: Outside SWI // 87
3. Home Countries: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex // 139
4. South West England: Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Somerset // 195
5. Central Britain: East Anglia, the Midlands and Wales // 225
6. The North of England: Lancashire, Manchester and Yorkshire // 265
7. Scotland // 285
8. Ireland // 307
Acknowledgements // 325
Notes // 327
Bibliography // 345
Index // 357
'n ingenious new way to write about Winston Churchill ... this book will bring instruction and joy'
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Peter Clark is a writer and translator with degrees from Keele and Leicester universities. He worked in the overseas career service of the British Council for thirty-one years and has published many books, including Dickens's London. Clark has also published nine books as a translator from Arabic.