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Chasing Churchill : the travels of Winston Churchill / by Celia Sandys.

by Sandys, Celia.

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Carroll & Graf, c2004, c2003.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Travel.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family.

Sandys, Celia -- Travel.

Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

British -- Foreign countries.

Voyages and travels.

9780786713929 (pbk.)

0786713925 (pbk.)

1st Carroll & Graf trade pbk. ed.

xxv, 293 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

"Winston Churchill: A Chronology of Milestones and Travels": p. xiii-xviii.

"By his grandaughter Celia Sandys."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271) and index.

"Sir Winston Churchill was a well-traveled man. By the time he was twenty-five, his thirst for adventure had taken him to Cuba, India's North-West frontier, the Sudan, and South Africa, as well as to battle, prison, and worldwide fame. During World War II, when as prime minister he held Britain's destiny in his hands, he hazarded arduous journeys not only to confer face-to-face with his allies Roosevelt and Stalin, but also to witness firsthand the action at the front. In later years, his enduring passion for painting prompted travels to locales like Marrakech. Celia Sandys accompanied her famous grandfather on some of his later travels. For this book she has retraced his many journeys over seventy years on four continents, and sought the people who knew, entertained, consulted, or simply crossed paths with him. In their long-untold stories she finds her grandfather's character illuminated in new, revealing, and often surprising ways"--Provided by publisher.

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