Growing up Churchill
Subtitle: a daughter's memoir of peace and war
By: by Mary Soames
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780812993332; 9780679645184
Subjects: History; Family; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Childhood and youth
Description: The youngest daughter of Winston Churchill recalls her childhood spent roaming the family's country estate, her position as one of her father's most trusted companions, and her service as a gunner in the women's auxiliary during World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chartwell child; title: A widening world; title: Sisters and cousins; title: Growing up with grown-ups; title: Family affairs; title: A bright life and a darkening horizon; title: Clearing the decks; title: A year to remember; title: At Chequers; title: Decisions...decisions... decisions; title: "A soldier's life is terrible hard..."; title: Battery life; title: An officer and a gentlewoman; title: "Subaltern George"; title: Testing times; title: Doodlebugs; title: Paris again; title: Europe arise!; title: Triumph and disaster; title: "Civvy Street".