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Illustrated with photographs from the private family album, this book follows in the footsteps of some of Sir Winston Churchill's famous trips to the four corners of the world, by his granddaughter Celia Sandys. She visits South Africa, Morocco, France, the USA - amongst others - and recounts how Sir Winston's trips not only changed the course of world history, but helped to shape the man who has come to be known as 'our Greatest Briton'.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	18 juin 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781910065280
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Chasing Churchill
The Travels of Winston Churchill by his Granddaughter
Celia Sandys

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Unicorn Press Ltd
66 Charlotte Street
London W1T 4QE
Published by Unicorn Press Ltd
www.unicornpress.org
2014 digital version by Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
Copyright © Celia Sandys 2014
The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Designed by Nick Newton
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

Dedication
To Edwina

Illustrations
(reproduced with the kind permission of the Broadwater Collection)
With Celia in the hills above Monte Carlo, 1962. (Private collection)
Ashore at Rhodes, 1959. (Private collection)
With Celia at the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, 1960. (Private collection)
Member of Parliament for Oldham, 1900. (Private collection)
Lieutenant Churchill, South African Light Horse, 1900. (Private collection)
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, in East Africa, 1907. (Private collection)
Having shot a white rhinoceros, 1907. (Private collection)
Secretary of State for War and Air, 1919. (Private collection)
On the way to the Palace to receive the seals of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1924. (Private collection)
With Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood, 1929. (Private collection)
Setting off for the United States with Clementine and Diana, 1931. (Private collection)
At Casablanca, January 1943. (Private collection)
With Roosevelt in the tower of Villa Taylor, Marrakech, January 1943. (Private collection)
Visit to the Western Front as Minister of Munitions, 1917. (Private collection)
With President Roosevelt aboard HMS Prince of Wales , August 1941. (Private collection)
Addressing the US Congress, December 1941. (Private collection)
Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 1 January 1942. (Private collection)
Painting in the garden of Madame Balsan, Florida, 1946. (Private collection)
With Roosevelt and Stalin, Tehran, November 1943. (Private collection)
With Mary, Niagara Falls, August 1943. (Private collection)
Crossing the Rhine, March 1945. (Private collection)
With Clementine at Reid’s Hotel, Madeira, January 1950. (Private collection)
Painting at Camara de Lobos, Madeira, January 1950. (Private collection)
Donkey ride at La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, August 1948. (Private collection)
Bathing at Venice, August 1951. (Private collection)
Aboard the Christina with Aristotle Onassis, 1956. (Private collection)
At La Pausa with Emery Reves and Sarah, 1958. (Private collection)
With Wendy Reves at La Pausa. (Private collection)
Churchill returns from Monte Carlo after breaking his hip, 1962. (Private collection)
State funeral, St Paul’s Cathedral, 30 January 1965. (Private collection)

Winston Churchill: A Chronology of Milestones and Travels
1874
30 November: WSC born at Blenheim Palace.
1880
Brother Jack born.
1883
First trip abroad, to Paris with his father Lord Randolph.
1888
Enters Harrow School.
1891
Spends Christmas holidays at Versailles to improve French.
1892
Leaves Harrow.
1893
To Switzerland for walking tour. Enters Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
1895
Lord Randolph dies. WSC commissioned into 4th Hussars at Aldershot. Takes leave to observe guerrilla war in Cuba, travelling via New York and Tampa, Florida.
1896
India: to Bangalore with 4th Hussars.
1897
India: to North-West Frontier, attached to Malakand Field Force during tribal war. Returns to Bangalore.
1898
India: North-West Frontier, attached to Tirah Expedition.
Sudan: attached to 21st Lancers. Takes part in cavalry charge at Omdurman. Returns to India. First book, The Malakand Field Force , published.
1899
Resigns from army. Fails at first attempt to be elected to Parliament. Goes to South Africa as war correspondent for Anglo-Boer War. Captured and escapes. Rejoins army. The River War , account of the Sudan Campaign, published. Savrola , a novel, published.
1900
Resigns from army. Elected to Parliament as a Conservative. London to Ladysmith and Ian Hamilton’s March , accounts of the Anglo-Boer War, published. Visits America and Canada for two-month lecture tour.
1904
Breaks with Conservative Party, joins Liberals. To Switzerland for holiday.
1905
Becomes Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Lord Randolph Churchill , biography of his father, published.
1906
Germany: attends German army manoeuvres. France.
1907
To France, for holiday and to attend French army manoeuvres. Official tour of East Africa, travelling via France, Moravia (now Czechoslovakia), Vienna, Syracuse, Malta, Cyprus and Aden to Mombasa. Thence to Nairobi, Kampala, Khartoum, Aswan and Cairo.
1908
Becomes President of the Board of Trade. Marries Clementine Hozier. Honeymoon at Baveno on Lake Maggiore and Venice. My African Journey , an account of his African travels as Under-Secretary, published.
1909
Daughter Diana born. Germany: attends German army manoeuvres.
1910
Becomes Home Secretary.
1911
Becomes First Lord of the Admiralty. Son Randolph born.
1911–14
Frequent cruises in Admiralty yacht, Enchantress.
1912
Northern Ireland: to Belfast to speak on Home Rule for Ireland.
1914
4 August: Great Britain declares war on Germany. To Belgium, taking personal charge of defences in Antwerp. Daughter Sarah born.
1915
Resigns as First Lord following failure of Dardanelles campaign. Rejoins army. France, with Grenadier Guards.
1916
Appointed to command 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in France. Returns to London, resigns from army and resumes political career.
1917
Becomes Minister of Munitions. Travels frequently to the front in France. Establishes office at Chateau Verchocq.
1918
11 November: war ends. Daughter Marigold born.
1919
Becomes Secretary of State for War and Air. Travels to Germany and France.
1920
Travels to France and Italy.
1921
Becomes Colonial Secretary. To Cairo and Jerusalem to chair Middle East conference. Mother, Lady Randolph, dies. Daughter Marigold dies.
1922
Loses seat in general election. Six-month stay in South of France. Daughter Mary born.
1923
Returns to London. To France aboard Duke of Westminster’s yacht Flying Cloud . First volume of The World Crisis , WSC’s six-volume history of the First World War, published.
1924
Breaks with Liberal Party. Travels to France. Re-elected to Parliament, winning Epping for the Conservatives. Becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1925
To Paris for official negotiations over war debts.
1927
To France, Italy, Malta and Greece. Returns to Italy to meet Mussolini before holiday in the South of France. Five days on Lord Beaverbrook’s yacht at Amsterdam. To Venice.
1929
Conservatives defeated in general election. WSC out of office, but retains own parliamentary seat. To Canada and America for three-month tour.
1930
My Early Life , an autobiography of his first thirty-four years, and Thoughts and Adventures , a collection of essays, published.
1931
Breaks with Conservative leadership over India. Sounds warning of German threat. To France. To America for lecture to

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