Winston Churchill an intimate portrait
Violet Bonham Carter.
- New York : Smithmark, 1994, c1965.
- x, 413 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Leaders of our time .
Published in Great Britain under title: Winston Churchill as I knew him. Includes Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
First encounter -- The Chrysalis -- The sword and the pen -- The river war -- First political skirmish -- Prisoner of the Boers -- Escape -- First political victory -- In parliament -- The turning point -- Crossing the floor -- Balfour resigns -- Liberal flood tide -- Our friendship -- Peers v. people -- The Gadarene plunge -- Thunder in the air -- The admiralty -- Interludes of delight -- Home rule for Ireland -- At war -- Antwerp -- Gallipoli -- A turning point in history-missed -- Resignation and return to arms -- Front line to back benches.
The author was Churchill's close personal friend for nearly sixty years. Her book focuses on the formative and crucial years from 1906 to 1916 that shaped his political style as well as his philosophy; it contains new material never before published