Biographie

2002 · 241018011 — ABC-CLIO 2002-09-01. Library Binding. Very Good. 10x6x1. Pictorial boards have minor wear binding sound internally clean. This illustrated A-Z biographical companion presents information about all aspects of Winston Churchill's remarkable career spotlighting the events and people with whom he was most closely associated.When Winston Churchill was still in his teens he was already a man in a hurry--partly due to his fear that like his father he would die young. Born into aristocratic politics he sought glory through battle as a means to secure a position in politics fame and money through the writing of books. To promote their careers both he and his father made full use of their family connections and the allure of their social life.Among the telling details revealed are that his mother Jennie Jerome Lady Randolph was an American heiress and was his major adviser and reliable friend when he was younger and that his wife Clementine disliked and distrusted many of Winston's political cronies. This A-Z biographical dictionary covers everything from his grandiose spending trademark agar and whiskey sodas and silk underwear to his mother's many marriages and affairs and his relationships with Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth II.Contains 241 A-Z cross-referenced entries from the Atlantic Charter to the Yalta ConferenceIncludes over 40 photos chronicling Churchill's illustrious political career and a chronology of key events from his birth in 1874 to his state funeral in 1965. ABC-CLIO unknown