Churchill's Britain

From the Antrim Coast to the Isle of Wight
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-914982-05-7
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 199 mm x 128 mm, Gewicht: 332 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.