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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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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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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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