Speaking For Themselves

The Private Letters Of Sir Winston And Lady Churchill

Mary Soames, Clementine Spencer-,Baroness Churchill, Mary Soames

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Black Swan
22 October 1999

Autobiography: historical, political & military

The personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill.

The fascinating, insightful and often moving correspondence between Sir Winston and Lady Clementine Churchill extends from their early days of innocent courtship in 1908 to Winston Churchill's death in 1965.

The letters serve not only as a chronicle of their personal achievements and tragedies over the years, but also as a political and social history. In their own words, Winston and Clementine recount some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century- the sinking of the Titanic, the abdication of King Edward VIII, the downfall of governments, the Depression, and two world wars. Here are harrowing first-hand accounts from the battlefields of 1915, reflections on political triumphs and upsets, as well as domestic minutiae, foreign travel, revelations of social scandals and, above all, words of mutual support and encouragement that span the career of one of Britain's most revered statesmen. Speaking for Themselves is not only an important historical document, it is a love story and an intimate, charming and often surprising insight into one of the century's most successful marriages.

Mary Soames is perfectly placed to select and comment upon this vast collection of letters. And in her introduction and notes she complements the letters with explanatory notes, biographical details and her own personal recollections.

By: Mary Soames, Clementine Spencer-, Baroness Churchill, Mary Soames
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 55mm
Weight: 911g
ISBN: 9780552997508
ISBN 10: 0552997501
Pages: 768
Publication Date: 22 October 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Soames is the youngest and only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. She was born in 1922 and brought up at Chartwell in Kent. In 1941, aged eighteen, she joined the ATS and served in mixed anti-aircraft batteries in England and north-west Europe. She accompanied her father as his ADC on several of his wartime overseas journeys. In 1945 she was awarded the MBE (military). In 1947 she married Captain Christopher Soames, Coldstream Guards, later Lord Soames, PC, GCMG, CH. She has also written A Churchill Family Album, The Profligate Duke, Winston Churchill, His Life as a Painter and edited Speaking For Themselves the personal letters between Winston and Clementine Churchill.

Reviews for Speaking For Themselves: The Private Letters Of Sir Winston And Lady Churchill

Winston Churchill and Clementine Hozier met for the first time at a ball in 1904, when Winston, awed by Clementine's beauty, stood dumbstruck as she was whisked on to the dance floor by an obliging beau. Their next meeting, four years later, was more successful, and thus began 61 years of remarkable complicity and almost daily correspondence. Edited by their daughter, this selection of their fascinating letters leads us intimately through the political climes of most of the 20th century, and through a rare partnership of great intellectual and emotional depths. (Kirkus UK)