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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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WATCH PATRICIA SPEARS JONES READ “CHURCHILL ON THE HOME FRONT” BY PAUL ADDISON
Published in the U.S. in 1993, CHURCHILL ON THE HOME FRONT by Paul Addison remains the finest study ever done of Winston Churchill’s political life in Great Britain. It is Book #11 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ video series, as read by the esteemed poet and social activist PATRICIA SPEARS JONES.
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OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE POSTER IS HERE!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS broadcast series to catch our breath (and perhaps yours) while we announce the release of our 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Commemorative Poster.
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WATCH PAUL McCRANE READ “ARTILLERY OF WORDS” BY FREDERICK WOODS
Frederick Woods was Winston Churchill’s original bibliographer. ARTILLERY OF WORDS, his follow-up to A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, was published in 1992. It is Book #10 in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ video series, as read by the legendary actor and director, PAUL McCRANE.
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WATCH ESTHER, LADY GILBERT READ “CHURCHILL: A LIFE” BY SIR MARTIN GILBERT
In 1991, Sir Martin Gilbert published a one-volume rendering of the eight-volume Official Churchill Biography he’d written with Winston Churchill’s son, Randolph Churchill. His widow, ESTHER, LADY GILBERT, is again our guest reader for Book #9 in our ’40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ video series.
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WATCH EDWINA SANDYS READ “WINSTON CHURCHILL: HIS LIFE AS A PAINTER,” BY MARY SOAMES
In 1990, Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter published a memoir of her father’s life as a painter. As Book # 8 in our ’40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS’ VIDEO SERIES, the late-Lady Soames’ memoir is read for us by her niece, Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, Edwina Sandys, who also shares her own very distinct memories of “Grandpapa,” the painter.
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WATCH “BILLIONS”‘ TED NEUSTADT READ “CHURCHILL 1874-1922,” BY THE EARL OF BIRKENHEAD
Published in 1989, “CHURCHILL 1874-1922,” by Winston Churchill’s godson, the Earl of Birkenhead, is the seventh book in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series, as read by actor Ted Neustadt.
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WATCH ESTHER, LADY GILBERT READ ‘NEVER DESPAIR,’ BY SIR MARTIN GILBERT
The sixth book in our 40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS video series is the eighth and final volume of the Official Churchill Biography, NEVER DESPAIR (1945-1965),’ published in 1988. We are honored to have Sir Martin Gilbert’s widow, ESTHER, LADY GILBERT, as our guest reader.
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WATCH RUPERT SOAMES READ ‘THE PROFLIGATE DUKE,’ BY MARY SOAMES
Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter, was a friend to Chartwell Booksellers from our inception. Her 1987 biography of her family’s most dissolute ancestor, ‘THE PROFLIGATE DUKE: George Spencer Churchill, Fifth Duke of Marlborough, and his Duchess,’ is the next book in our 40TH READINGS series, as read by her son Rupert Soames.
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