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WATCH DANIEL JENKINS READ “CHURCHILL’S BODYGUARD”
Published in 2005, “CHURCHILL’S BODYGUARD: The Authorized Biography of Walter H. Thompson,” by TOM HICKMAN, is a rollicking chronicle of the career of Winston Churchill’s longest-serving bodyguard. It is Book #23 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the brilliantly chameleonesque stage and screen actor, DANIEL JENKINS.
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WATCH VICTOR SLEZAK READ “IN COMMAND OF HISTORY” BY DAVID REYNOLDS
Published in 2004, “IN COMMAND OF HISTORY,” by DAVID REYNOLDS, is a grand study of Winston Churchill’s journey and process writing his Second World War memoirs. It is Book # 22 in our ’40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ video series, as read by the splendid actor, VICTOR SLEZAK.
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WATCH RICHARD KIND READ “FRANKLIN AND WINSTON” BY JON MEACHAM
Published in 2003, “FRANKLIN AND WINSTON: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship,” by JON MEACHAM, instantly became a New York Times Bestseller and remains one of the best books ever written about these two titanic figures. It is Book # 21 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the remarkable actor RICHARD KIND.
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WATCH SPENCER GARRETT READ “WINSTON CHURCHILL: A ‘PENGUIN LIVES’ BIOGRAPHY” BY JOHN KEEGAN
Published in 2002, “WINSTON CHURCHILL: A ‘PENGUIN LIVES’ BIOGRAPHY,” by JOHN KEEGAN, stands as the pre-eminent brief Churchill biography. It is Book # 20 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the exceptional screen actor, SPENCER GARRETT.
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WATCH BRYAN CRANSTON READ ROY JENKINS’ “CHURCHILL: A BIOGRAPHY”
Published in 2001, CHURCHILL: A BIOGRAPHY, by ROY JENKINS, remains the most politically sophisticated view of Churchill’s extraordinary life story ever written. It is Book # 19 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the inimitable BRYAN CRANSTON.
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WATCH CELIA SANDYS READ “CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE”
Published in 2000, CHURCHILL WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, by Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, CELIA SANDYS, thrillingly reconstructs Churchill’s experiences as a war correspondent during the Boer War in South Africa. It is Book # 18 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the author herself, CELIA SANDYS.
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WATCH JONATHAN FREEMAN READ “FIVE DAYS IN LONDON,” BY JOHN LUKACS
Published in 1999, FIVE DAYS IN LONDON: MAY 1940, by historian John Lukacs, remains one of the most dramatic books about Winston Churchill ever written. It is Book # 17 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the voice of “Jafar” himself from Disney’s “ALADDIN,” the marvelous actor, JONATHAN FREEMAN.
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WATCH DANNY BURSTEIN READ “CHURCHILL AND SECRET SERVICE,” BY DAVID STAFFORD
Little was known about Winston Churchill’s love of espionage until David Stafford published CHURCHILL AND SECRET SERVICE in 1998. It is Book # 16 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video reading series, as read by the extraordinary DANNY BURSTEIN.
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WATCH STEVEN WEBER READ “WINSTON CHURCHILL AND EMERY REVES CORRESPONDENCE, 1937-1964”
Churchill’s four-decade-long epistolary dialogue with his longtime literary manager, the Hungarian-born Emery Reves, was unearthed via the revelatory scholarship of Sir Martin Gilbert and published in 1997. It is Book #15 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by the much-admired, multi-talented actor, STEVEN WEBER.
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WATCH RANDOLPH CHURCHILL READ “HIS FATHER’S SON,” BY WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
Published in 1996, HIS FATHER’S SON is an exceedingly candid biography of Winston Churchill’s wildly unpredictable son, Randolph, written by Randolph’s own son. It is Book #14 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by Churchill’s great-grandson, RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.
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WATCH REED BIRNEY READ “LONG SUNSET: MEMOIRS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL’S LAST PRIVATE SECRETARY”
Anthony Montague Browne did not keep a diary, but he did write a splendid book about his Churchill years. Published in 1995, it is Book #13 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, read by the incomparable Tony Award-winning actor, Reed Birney.
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WATCH ESTHER, LADY GILBERT READ “IN SEARCH OF CHURCHILL” BY SIR MARTIN GILBERT
Published in the U.S. in 1994, IN SEARCH OF CHURCHILL: A HISTORIAN’S JOURNEY is, without question, the most personal of Sir Martin Gilbert’s Churchill works, tracing his own journey writing the Official Churchill Biography. It is Book #12 in our ’40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ video series, as read by Sir Martin’s widow, Esther, Lady Gilbert.
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