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The Churchill Secret KBO
- Author
- Jonathan Smith
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2015
- Run Time
- 4 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Churchill is bedbound throughout the summer, and while secrecy agreements have been struck with leading newspaper barons, the potential impact of his health on public life is never far from the minds of his inner circle. With the help of a devoted young nurse and his indomitable wife, Clementine, Churchill gradually recoups his health. But will he be fit enough to represent Britain on the world stage?
Critics Review
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Delightful, funny, heart-warming
Mail on Sunday
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The Churchill Secret KBO will inevitably be compared with The King's Speech when the television adaptation airs in a few months, but it brings a uniquely personal and intimate tone to one of Britain's most famous lives, shining a subtle yet penetrating light on the pain of ageing and the maxim that Churchill lived by, and which gives this fine book its full title: Keep Buggering On
The Times
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Told with elegance and wit
New Statesman
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Smith's ingenious novel guides the reader effortlessly through the corridors of power
Mail on Sunday
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Details
- Author
- Jonathan Smith
- Narrator
- Sean Barrett
- Duration
- 4 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405533393
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
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 called. The Prime Minister has had a stroke.Churchill is bedbound throughout the summer, and while secrecy agreements have been struck with leading newspaper barons, the potential impact of his health on public life is never far from the minds of his inner circle. With the help of a devoted young nurse and his indomitable wife, Clementine, Churchill gradually recoups his health. But will he be fit enough to represent Britain on the world stage?
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