Churchill's Britain

From the Antrim Coast to the Isle of Wight

Peter Clark

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Haus
06 November 2023

History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

Clark takes us on a geographical journey through Churchill's life, following his footsteps through Britain and Ireland.

More than half a century after his death, Winston Churchill, the most significant British statesman of the twentieth century, continues to intrigue us. Peter Clark’s book, however, is not merely another Churchill biography. Churchill’s Britain takes us on a geographical journey through Churchill’s life, leading us in Churchill’s footsteps through locations in Britain and Ireland that are tied to key aspects of his biography. Some are familiar–Blenheim Palace, where he was born; Chartwell, his beloved house in the country; and the Cabinet War Rooms, where he planned the campaigns of World War II. But we also are taken to his schools, his parliamentary constituencies, locations of famous speeches, the place where he started to paint, the tobacco shop where he bought his cigars, and the graves of his family and close friends.

Clark brings us close to the statesman Churchill by visiting sites that were important to the story of his long life, from the site where his father proposed to his American mother on the Isle of Wight to his grave in a country churchyard in Oxfordshire. Designed as a gazetteer with helpful regional maps, Churchill’s Britain can be dipped into, consulted by the traveler on a Churchill tour of Britain, or read straight through—and no matter how it’s read, it will deliver fresh insights into this extraordinary man.

By: Peter Clark
Imprint: Haus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781914982057
ISBN 10: 1914982053
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 06 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Clark is a writer and translator with degrees from Keele and Leicester universities. For 31 years he was in the overseas career service of the British Council.

Reviews for Churchill's Britain: From the Antrim Coast to the Isle of Wight

'It's a fascinating tour guide, rich in stories and detail, which informs as well as entertains - a kind of life through places.'New Statesman; 'Peter Clark has lent the story [of Churchill] a freshness' Times Literary Supplement; '...an ingenious new way to write about Winston Churchill, through the great man's incredibly powerful sense of place... this book will bring instruction and joy.'Andrew Roberts