Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival, 1940-1965. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran -
Lord Moran
1966 - Constable, London - First Edition
Finely bound, illustrated with 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece.
Selections from the diaries of Winston Churchill's doctor, devoted friend, and confidant, Lord Moran, which form a frank and intimate portrait of the Prime Minister from the tumultuous post-World War II years all the way up to his death in January 1965.
Presenting an invaluable picture of a complicated, contradictory individual: stubborn, defiant, prideful, yet possessing an undeniable strength and nobility. Moran chronicles not only the key political events of Churchill's last twenty years—his legendary Iron Curtain speech, his triumphant return to power in 1951 and his ensuing role in the unfolding political landscape of the Cold War era—but also Churchill's place as a Nobel Prize winning historian, voracious traveller, and enigmatic father and husband. Large octavo (binding size 24x17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. Elegantly bound in three-quarter scarlet morocco over matching cloth, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge tinted red. Condition: Fine but for some light spotting to fore-edge, in fine binding. Ref: 111863 Price: HK$ 3,500
Selections from the diaries of Winston Churchill's doctor, devoted friend, and confidant, Lord Moran, which form a frank and intimate portrait of the Prime Minister from the tumultuous post-World War II years all the way up to his death in January 1965.
Presenting an invaluable picture of a complicated, contradictory individual: stubborn, defiant, prideful, yet possessing an undeniable strength and nobility. Moran chronicles not only the key political events of Churchill's last twenty years—his legendary Iron Curtain speech, his triumphant return to power in 1951 and his ensuing role in the unfolding political landscape of the Cold War era—but also Churchill's place as a Nobel Prize winning historian, voracious traveller, and enigmatic father and husband. Large octavo (binding size 24x17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. Elegantly bound in three-quarter scarlet morocco over matching cloth, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge tinted red. Condition: Fine but for some light spotting to fore-edge, in fine binding. Ref: 111863 Price: HK$ 3,500