By his twenty-fifth birthday, in November 1899, Churchill had published two books based on his newspaper assignments (The Story of the Malakand Field Force and The River War), had a novel...

Finest Hour 176, Spring 2017 Page 40 An eleven-page essay by Winston Churchill entitled “Are We Alone in the Universe?” in the archives of the National Churchill Museum has developed...

I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it.

Shortly after his return from Fulton, Churchill began to write his war memoirs. With a team of researchers working on his behalf, and a very ordered (if somewhat laborious) approach to drafting and editing, he soon had the first volume finished. appeared in six volumes between 1948 and 1954. Churchill never claimed the memoirs were ‘history’; they were rather a contribution to history. Although their very breadth and coverage gave the impression that they were a definitive account, there were omissions, of course. was Churchill’s interpretation of the events, the work of a man seeking to place his role in the war – and in history. The books sold well, with a combined first printing of over 800,000 copies.

Finest Hour 174, Autumn 2016 Page 04 By David Freeman, November 2016 Winston Churchill crossed the Atlantic more times than most people did before the age of jet travel His connections with North...

Finest Hour 173, Summer 2016 Page 44 Linda Stoker, Churchill’s  Shadow, Beswick and Beswick, 2015, 1114 KB, $757  ASIN: B0150XHGRG Portrayal of Churchill *  Worth Reading ** Warren Adler and James C Humes, Target...

Finest Hour 173, Summer 2016 Page 32 By João Carlos Espada João Carlos Espada is the director and founder of the Institute for Political Studies at the Catholic University of Portugal This article is...

Finest Hour 173, Summer 2016 Page 20 By Magnús Erlendsson Magnús Erlendsson was born on 10 May 1931 He is a retired businessman and politician and an avid amateur historian with a deep interest...

Finest Hour 172, Spring 2016 Page 50 Churchill as a  Literary Character: WSC in Fiction Review by Michael McMenamin Mark Woodburn, The Finest Years & Me, Valley Press, 2015,  320 pages, $1300 ISBN 978-1908853561...