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The Literary Churchill

Churchill’s Alternative History: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph at Gettysburg
12
Dec
2020
By PAUL K. ALKON and THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Churchill’s political imagination allowed him to portray the implausibility of reality: a crucially different turn of history at Gettysburg.
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Abraham Lincoln,
Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
Arthur Balfour,
Battle of Gettysburg,
Benjamin Disraeli,
Czar Nicholas II,
Emperor Franz Joseph,
First World War,
Geroge Pickett,
Jan Bloch,
Jeb Stuart,
Jefferson Davis,
Kaiser Wilhelm II,
Paul K. Alkon,
Robert E. Lee,
Scribner’s Magazine,
Shelby Foote,
Theodore Roosevelt,
William Edwart Gladstone,
Winston S. Churchill,
woodrow wilson,
Sir Winston Churchill’s Three Outstanding War Books
03
Dec
2020
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill's best war books: “fascinating products of the human spirit, epic tales filled with the depravities, miseries, and glories of man.”
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Anthony Montague Browne,
Battle of Omdurman,
David Lloyd George,
Edward Grey,
Edward Marsh,
First World War,
Herbert Kitchener,
J.H. Plumb,
John Keegan,
Manfred Weidhorn,
Passchendaele,
Richard M. Langworth,
Robert Pilpel,
Robert Rhodes James,
Rudi Giuliani,
Second World War,
Somme,
Sudan,
Thucydides,
Winston S. Churchill,
“Angel of Deliverance”: Churchill’s Tributes to Joan of Arc
02
Nov
2020
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Despite his encomiums to Joan, Churchill rated Napoleon higher, with Georges Clemenceau a close third—and, a bit farther down, de Gaulle.
Tracking Churchill’s Famous Slogan, “You can always take one with you”
03
Apr
2020
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
I have often wondered however what would have happened if two hundred thousand German storm troops had actually established themselves ashore. The massacre would have been on both sides grim and great. There would have been neither mercy nor quarter. They would have used Terror, and we were prepared to go all lengths. I intended to use the slogan “You can always take one with you.” - Winston Churchill
Constant Revision: How Churchill Polished and Improved his Writing
29
Nov
2019
By MICHAEL RICHARDS
Whether the product was profound or simple, like his vast correspondence, even his first iteration was close to the mark. Grace Hamblin, a longtime secretary, recalled: “His dictation wasn't difficult because it was very, very slow and he weighed his words. As one knows he had a tremendous command of the English language, but he didn't use it loosely. He considered very carefully what he was going to say.”
The Biographers: William Manchester and Martin Gilbert
28
Jan
2019
How many times did Churchill say, “Let us go forward together”?
17
Nov
2017
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
At Bradford, Yorkshire on 14 March 1912, Churchill made a contentious speech defending Irish Home Rule. Defying his Unionist opponents, he concluded: “If the Government and the Parliament of this great country and greater Empire is to be exposed to menace and brutality [for any] sinister and revolutionary purpose—then, gentlemen, I can only say to you let us go forward together and put these grave matters to the proof.”
What was Churchill’s best seller?
14
Apr
2017
1
Winston Churchill and William Shakespeare
18
Jul
2016
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
In his book Churchill's Literary Allusions, Darrell Holley writes: "There is no English author whom Churchill alludes to as often as to William Shakespeare. Both by formal quotations, some quite lengthy, and by well-known phrases almost hidden in his text, Churchill makes allusion to many of Shakespeare's plays."
“Malakand Field Force”: Best Copies for Modern Readers
23
Jun
2016
“Eels get used to skinning”: Origins of a Churchill Phrase
15
Feb
2016
Churchill Quotes Without Credit
05
Feb
2016