About the book
Late in life Winston Churchill credited his wife as the person without whom winning the Second World War could not have happened, and Sonia Purnell's biography sets out to explain why. Clementine Hozier came from impoverished aristocracy and faced cruel snobbery as a young woman, yet her marriage to Churchill became a partnership lasting fifty-seven years. Purnell follows her through his stand against Chamberlain and the war years, when she guarded his health and made his career her mission at a cost to her own health and to her children. The book also covers her relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, described as her political mentor. It was a finalist for the Plutarch prize.
Ryan Holiday named it among the very best books he read in 2018, calling it revelatory and noting how often it shows Clementine rescuing her husband.
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Ryan Holiday (Media Strategist, Author, Founder/Brass Check)
Sonia Purnell’s examination of Winston’s better half was truly revelatory. (Churchill said the best decision he ever made in his life was marrying Clementine and this book makes it clear just how many times she saved his ass).
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