Churchill's Secret by Jonathan Smith - ISBN: 9780349141411
Paperback
Churchill’s stroke, a secret summer, and a nation on edge.

Churchill's Secret

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    9 February 2016

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Summary

Nineteen-fifty-three is synonymous in the British memory with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June. But less well known is what happened in 10 Downing Street on 23 June. With Anthony Eden vying for power, the elderly Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, must maintain the confidence of his government, the press and the public. But after a diplomatic dinner in which he is on typically sparkling form, Churchill’s Italian dining companions are rushed out of the building and his doctor cal…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349141411
ISBN-10:034914141X
Author:Jonathan Smith
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:9 February 2016
Weight:190g
Dimensions:129mm x 199mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

Delightful, funny, heart-warming

Praise for Jonathan Smith: Jonathan Smith’s style is in keeping with the breezy naturalism with which Munnings and Laura Knight painted - Times Literary Supplement

An excellent and subtle novelist

Subtle, accomplished and absorbing … a real and serious talent

About The Author

Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith was educated in Wales and at St John’s College, Cambridge. KBO: The Churchill Secret, his seventh novel, is being adapted into a major ITV drama. An earlier novel, Summer in February, was made into a feature film, starring Dan Stevens and Dominic Cooper.

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