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Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by...

Dive into this captivating novel that weaves a fictional tale around a true historical rescue mission. In 1719, 17-year-old Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska is en route to marry James Stuart, the Catholic pretender to the British throne, when she is abruptly kidnapped by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, with the backing of the Protestant king of England. Fearing that their union could spark a rebellion, the king takes drastic measures. Enter Charles Wogan, an Irish soldier of fortune and Stuarts most cunning spy, who devises a daring plan to rescue the princess. This gripping story brims with ...

Bienvenue dans Pour de vrai, le podcast qui explore les faits réels avec une perspective féministe et engagée. Je suis Clémentine et dans ce podcast, je vous raconte une histoire vraie, un fait divers ou une biographie. En fin d'épisode, je vous donne mon point de vue sur l'histoire et je vous propose un décryptage d'une thématique abordée. Bonne écoute !

A new biography of Winston Churchill, revealing how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own triumphs and failures as a leader Winston Churchill remains one of the most revered figures of the twentieth century, his name a byword for courageous leadership. But the...

As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the...

A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 ‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be ‘great’, to gain historical...

Bloomsbury presents Letters for the Ages Winston Churchill by W. S. Churchill, read by Sean Barrett. Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal nature, written to a wide range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President...

What would you change in your life if you could silence the voice that tells you: you're not enough, keep quiet, you can't do it, or there is no space for you? As we grow and move through the world, it shrinks us and puts us in boxes - tells us who we should be, what we're capable of, and who to...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people … Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished … Fresh, fast and deeply moving.’ New York Times A STARTLING...

From London’s inimitable mayor, Boris Johnson, the story of how Churchill’s eccentric genius shaped not only his world but our own. On the fiftieth anniversary of Churchill’s death, Boris Johnson celebrates the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth...

Women of the SeasLe podcast des aventurières de la mer. Les femmes ont des aventures en mer à raconter, l’une est reporter photographe embarquée sur un navire humanitaire, l’autre skippeuse autour du monde, une autre encore océanographe pionnière de l'exploration des abysses. Pendant 40 minutes, écoutez ces aventures et laissez vous transporter au fil de l’eau.Podcast écrit, réalisé et monté par Clémentine Moulin & Antoine Clément www.womenoftheseas.org Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.