Chasing Churchill - by Celia Sandys (Paperback)

About the Book

From Winston Churchill's granddaughter comes an anecdotal history that retraces his journeys across four continents and 70 years and offers glimpses into the great man's soul.

Book Synopsis

Sir Winston Churchill was a well-traveled man. By the time he was twenty-five, his thirst for adventure had taken him to Cuba, India's North-West frontier, the Sudan, and South Africa, as well as to battle, prison, and worldwide fame. During World War II, when as prime minister he held Britain's destiny in his hands, he hazarded arduous journeys not only to confer face-to-face with his allies Roosevelt and Stalin, but also to witness firsthand the action at the front. In later years, his enduring passion for painting prompted travels to locales like Marrakech. (He took President Roosevelt there in 1943, simply to view a splendid sunset.) Celia Sandys actually accompanied her famous grandfather on some of his later travels, most memorably on a cruise aboard Aristotle Onassis's yacht Christina, but for this always-engaging book she herself has retraced his many journeys over seventy years on four continents, and sought the people who knew, entertained, consulted, or simply crossed paths with him. In their long-untold stories she finds her grandfather's character illuminated in new, revealing, and often surprising ways.

Review Quotes

"A fascinating narrative...the stuff of Victorian adventure fiction, but it has the virtue of being true."

"A gripping narrative...an exciting tale that should be read, if for nothing else, for the fun of it."

"A rip-roaring good read and chockfull of action, suspense, and history."

About the Author

Celia Sandys is a granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill and the author of From Winston with Love and Kisses: The Young Churchill and Churchill Wanted: Dead or Alive. She lectures widely in the U.S. and Britain. She lives in Wiltshire, England.