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OverviewThe charming memoir of Winston Churchill's only surviving daughter At ninety years old, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. A Daughter's Tale follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own 'Garden of Eden' at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. With glimpses into her fascinating personal diary, published here for the first time, she draws us into a world where the experiences of a packed family, social and romantic life unfold against a background of cataclysmic events. When Chamberlain's declaration of war in 1939 shatters Mary's world, she begins to share the anxieties and stresses suffered by her family through her father's position. The mutual love between Mary and her parents is evident on every page, from her Chartwell years to Winston's defeat at the 1945 general election, when she recounts her own devastation on her father's behalf. As she meets her future husband Christopher Soames at the end of this charming memoir, it is clear that, at twenty-four, Mary has lived a full life and is well prepared for her future as wife and mother. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary SoamesPublisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Imprint: Black Swan Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.424kg ISBN: 9780552770927ISBN 10: 0552770922 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 27 September 2012 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsPerceptive, funny, always totally honest. -- Philip Ziegler * The Spectator * An entertaining memoir -- Aline Reed * Sunday Express * a nostalgic memoir of a happy childhood in a vanished age * Telegraph * Perceptive, funny, always totally honest, it provides an unequalled view of the corridors of power. -- The Spectator Perceptive, funny, always totally honest. -- Philip Ziegler The Spectator An entertaining memoir -- Aline Reed Sunday Express Perceptive, funny, always totally honest. -- Philip Ziegler The Spectator An entertaining memoir -- Aline Reed Sunday Express a nostalgic memoir of a happy childhood in a vanished age Telegraph Author InformationMary Soames (1922-2014) was the youngest child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. She was brought up at Chartwell in Kent and, aged eighteen, joined the ATS and served in mixed anti-aircraft batteries in England and Europe. She accompanied her father as his ADC on several of his wartime overseas journeys. In 1945 she was awarded the MBE (military). In 1947, she married Captain Christopher Soames, Coldstream Guards, later Lord Soames, PC, GCMG, CH. In 1998 she edited the private correspondence between her parents, Speaking for Themselves, completely revised and updated the celebrated biography of her mother, Clementine Churchill, in 2002 and completed her own autobiography, A Daughter's Tale, in 2011. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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