News From the Front
MICHAEL COYLE (1939-2019)
We wish you all a very happy holiday season, even as we mourn the passing of our dear friend and longtime colleague, Michael Coyle. Michael “banked his treasure in the hearts of his friends,” to borrow words from Winston Churchill. Our fond good wishes to one and all, in Michael’s memory.
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HOLIDAY TEA AT THREE
Thank you to Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks for another superlative HOLIDAY TEA AT THREE, our annual tea dance in the lobby of the Park Avenue Plaza building. Come dance with us again next year!
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CELEBRATE WINSTON CHURCHILL’S BIRTHDAY & OUR NEW CATALOGUE
Happy 145th Birthday Winston Churchill! Our new catalogue is out, in celebration: “CHURCHILL ON TRUTH AND DEMOCRACY.” Read it now.
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“CHURCHILL’S MENAGERIE:” AN EVENING WITH PIERS BRENDON
Watch Dr. Piers Brendon speak about “CHURCHILL’S MENAGERIE: Winston Churchill and the Animal Kingdom.”
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“APPEASEMENT:” AN EVENING WITH TIM BOUVERIE
Watch Tim Bouverie speak about “APPEASEMENT: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War.”
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CHURCHILL AND PARLIAMENT
Winston Churchill loved the House of Commons and its tradition-bound rule of Parlimanetary law. With his grandson Nicholas Soames newly-forced into retirement as an MP, and very much on our minds, we can’t help but ask: What would Churchill think?
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CHURCHILL BEACH READS
Churchillian Beach Reads? Not nearly so outlandish a conceit as you might suppose. We savor August with new books about Winston Churchill, plus two classic books by him, that will go down easy while soaking up some rays.
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NY1 VISITS CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS
NY1 is New York City’s primary cable news channel. It was NY1’s idea to pay us a visit last week. We were most pleasantly taken by surprise.
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JOHN LUKACS IN MEMORIAM
We lost John Lukacs on May 6 at the age of 95. As a historian, he was unique. As a writer about Winston Churchill he was singularly readable and concise. Which also made him one of our favorites. We will miss him.
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SMALL MENTIONS ARE ALWAYS NICE
Especially when they are unexpected. Chartwell Booksellers was cited this week, to our pleasant surprise, in The Wall Street Journal.
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“HOW CHURCHILL WAGED WAR:” AN EVENING WITH ALLEN PACKWOOD
Watch Allen Packwood speak about “HOW CHURCHILL WAGED WAR: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War.”
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