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His Father's Son: The Life of Randolph Churchill Hardcover – January 1, 1996

by Winston S. Churchill (Author)

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Randolph Churchill, only son of Winston Churchill, was born in 1911 as Europe was preparing to tear itself apart in the First World War. Suckled on a diet of politics at his father's table and nurtured by close contact with all the great political figures of his day, he harboured high political ambition from an early age. But, although endowed with many of the same talents, he lacked the self-discipline of his father to succeed in politics.
Randolph established himself as the most respected political journalist of his generation, the first to warn the world, in 1932, that the rise of Hitler to power in Germany would mean war with England. He was also the only journalist to predict the election of Harold Macmillan in the 1954 leadership contest. Although possessed of an atrocious temper, he had a generous nature and was fiercely loyal to his friends: for example, when the Profumos were being deserted by many others, Randolph granted them sanctuary from the world's press at his Suffolk home. He was the author of the first two volumes of his father's biography, and the Kennedy family, who were close friends, invited him to write the official biography of President Kennedy, an endeavour prevented only by his premature death on D-Day, 6 June 1968.
In this filial yet objective biography Winston S. Churchill explains what it was like for Randolph to live his life as the son of the greatest political figure of the twentieth century.

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416 pages
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English
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Trafalgar Square
Publication date

January 1, 1996
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6.75 x 1.75 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

0297816403
ISBN-13

978-0297816409
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"I am going to write a life of my father which is both filial and objective," Randolph Churchill once said of his planned great biography of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and the same might have been said by his son, Winston S. Churchill. Randolph was spoiled, arrogant, undisciplined, and cruel when drunk (which was all too often). He was also insightful, courageous, generous, loyal, and a great political journalist. The author, who has written an excellent biography of a complex man, can be forgiven for stressing his father's intelligence and courage over his arrogance. This book will appeal to biography lovers as well as history buffs and Anglophiles with some knowledge of recent British history (Profumo, Suez, etc.). Though this is an admirable and informative work, libraries that own Brian Roberts's Randolph: A Study of Churchill's Son (1984) and The Grand Original, edited by Kay Halle (1971), need consider only if there is strong interest in the subject.?Elizabeth Mellett, Brookline P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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A ``filial and objective'' biography of Winston S. Churchill's only son, Randolph, by Randolph's son. Randolph Churchill, named for a grandfather who was an important parliamentary leader in the 1880s, was born to Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, in London in 1911. Winston Churchill, who had been a soldier and a successful journalist, was already immersed in his brilliant political career at the time of Randolph's birth, and the early pages of this biography are a narrative of Winston Churchill's career as home secretary and first lord of the admiralty, including the catastrophic failure of the Gallipoli campaign, with which Winston, became identified, a tragedy that became indelibly imprinted on the small boy's memory. Randolph grew up in an atmosphere dominated by the powerful intellect and forceful personality of his father. Winston, for his part, tried his best to be the loving parent to Randolph that his own father had never been to him. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Randolph was, like his father, an indifferent student with evident gifts, but unlike Winston he developed habits of indolence and a quarrelsome, arrogant streak that marked his adult personality. Eventually he followed his father into politics and journalism; he had great success with the latter in the 1930s, but less with the former, failing three times as a Conservative candidate to achieve election to Parliament, but finally becoming MP from Preston as WW II neared. Having married Pamela Digby (later to be Mrs. Averell Harriman), he served in the war with the Desert Army and in the Balkans. After the war, he wrote numerous books, including two volumes of a well-regarded biography of his father. He died in 1968. Randolph's career is a historical footnote, but the author's close examination of his father's complex relationship with Winston Churchill, augmented with excerpts from their voluminous correspondence, make this a valuable contribution to Churchill scholarship. (30 b&w photos) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Trafalgar Square (January 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0297816403
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0297816409
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.75 x 10 inches

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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called 'the greatest Briton'. An international statesman, orator, biographer, historian, author and Nobel Prize winner, his works remain in print with the world's leading publishers.

Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, Winston spent several years in the army before becoming a newspaper correspondent and then an MP. His cabinet positions included First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War and later Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 and for five years led Britain though its 'finest hour'. Defeated in the July 1945 election, he was Leader of the Opposition until re-elected Prime Minister in 1951. He was knighted in 1953, the same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He stepped down as Prime Minister in 1955 and remained an MP until 1964.

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EarlB

Great reading for Churchill enthusiasts

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 22, 2014

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This is a fascinating biography of Randolph Churchill, the son of the famous Sir Winston Churchill. Randolph's career, though it hardly compares to his father's, is one that all Churchill enthusiasts will be enraptured to read about. I could not put the book down -- now that I feel is the greatest quality a book can have.

It covers Randolph's early life; his extraordinary experiences during the War, from a dramatic commando raid in North Africa to a mission in Tito's Yugoslavia; and a recurrent theme in the life of this forgotten genius: his literary output, especially as a journalist, in which profession he reported the very beginnings of the Nazi's rise to power, the Suez War and the Six Day war -- all of which are very interesting; and of course, the famous biography which he wrote himself of his great father. Sadly he died before completing it.

It is certainly a worthy read.

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Strom

A biography that tells very honestly how Randolph Churchill lived his unsettled life.

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I loved this book. I have about ten books on Churchill, but this book filled in the gaps about the pride and disappointment his son caused. Written by his grandson, one could tell this man had so much intelligence, but very little discipline. A for telling it like it is.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2016

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Very good book.

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