Chasing Churchill : the travels with Winston Churchill by his granddaughter / / Celia Sandys ; designed by Nick Newton

• Autore: Sandys Celia
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Unicorn Press Ltd, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.084/092
• Soggetto topico: Prime ministers - Great Britain; British - Foreign countries; Voyages and travels
• Persona (resp. second.): NewtonNick
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents ; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Dedication; Illustrations; Winston Churchill: A Chronology of Milestones and Travels; Foreword; Body matter; Prologue: The Gifts of Travel; 1 The Christina; 2 A New World; 3 Warrior and Writer; 4 Jungle, Bush and Thankless Deserts; 5 Coast to Coast; 6 The Paris of the Sahara; 7 Wartime Journeys 1914-18 and 1939-43; 8 Wartime Journeys 1943-45; 9 Fulton and Beyond; 10 Madeira: Warm, Paintable, Bathable; 11 The Old World; Epilogue: Last Journeys; Back matter; Acknowledgements; Source Notes; Bibliography; Also available
• Sommario/riassunto: Illustrated with photographs from the private family album, this book follows in the footsteps of some of Sir Winston Churchill's famous trips to the four corners of the world, by his granddaughter Celia Sandys. She visits South Africa, Morocco, France, the USA - amongst others - and recounts how Sir Winston's trips not only changed the course of world history, but helped to shape the man who has come to be known as 'our Greatest Briton'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chasing Churchill
• ISBN: 1-910065-29-3; 1-910065-28-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817228603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II