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Great Contemporaries: Brendan Bracken
01
Dec
2017
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By RON CYNEWULF ROBBINS & RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
There was no more enigmatic figure in Churchill’s life than Brendan Bracken, who cloaked his birth and upbringing with mystery while hinting broadly that he was the great man’s illegitimate son. It is well-authenticated that close friendship, not errant fatherhood, encompassed their relationship. But Churchill, with characteristic impishness, apparently never gave the direct lie to Bracken’s implied claim. This annoyed Churchill’s wife and peeved his son, Randolph, who spoke satirically of “my brother, the bastard.” To quell the noisome rumor Churchill quipped: “I have looked the matter up, but the dates don’t coincide.”
Volume V
28
Sep
2015
By
Here is the story of Churchill’s return to the Tory Party as Chancellor of the Exchequer, his fall from power in 1929, and his ten years in the political wilderness, urgently warning of the Nazi threat. Martin Gilbert’s meticulous narrative also provides an intensely personal account of his family life, travels, and prolific writing.
Great Contemporaries: Louis Botha
15
Aug
2015
Student Papers: Snapshots of Statesmanship
29
May
2015