Winston Churchill  The Queen, Oliver Williams
Winston Churchill  The Queen, Oliver Williams
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Winston Churchill & The Queen
An Unlikely Friendship

Author: Oliver Williams

Narrator: Philip Battley

Unabridged: 3 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

A light-hearted look at royal life during the beginning of Queen Elizabeth the Second’s reign and the final days of Churchill’s prime ministership. How did two people from two different generations come to be such good friends?
This readable and relatable Churchill-Queen Elizabeth II book talks to the reader instead of lecturing them. The moment you become immersed in the first pages, you are transported back to what it must have felt like for a young queen to suddenly lose her father and have the elderly Churchill step in to guide, assist, and comfort her, and also tell a great many jokes along the way!
There is a reason why Sir Winston Churchill consistently tops the lists of greatest human beings of all time, and every time it happens it must warm Queen Elizabeth’s heart. Despite the 52 year age gap, the monarch and possibly the best Prime Minister Britain will ever have, cemented a friendship of a lifetime as they continued to bring the United Kingdom out of its post-war slump.
This book is not for history buffs, although it is historically accurate; it’s a book about friendship and how these two famous people found so much about which to talk and laugh about (with the occasional disagreement thrown in for good measure).
The more you read about Churchill and the Queen’s many interactions through the years, the more it is easy to see why theirs was not an unlikely friendship at all.
With dozens of interesting facts and never-before-noticed details and observations, not only is this book hard to put down and easy to read, but it also offers the reader a tiny glimpse into royal and parliamentary life in a post-world war Britain.
Finally, a history book about two fascinating people for fans of friendship everywhere!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lois

This was an interesting, easy to read overview of the life of Winston Churchill and his relationship with Queen Elizabeth II and her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother. It does not go into much deep detail, but just enough to give the reader a general understanding of the man a......more

Nice summary There is a lot of information in the beginning about how the Churchill family and the Royals were connected. While not new data, within the context of this book, it brought a fresh insight into how the families must have interacted with each other over their history. The middle section......more

The author writes in a breezy, nonchalant style with frequent paraphrasing (which he defends). It is basically a shallow survey of previously written books and adds nothing to the literature. It is somewhat surprising and disappointing to find that the author has difficulty writing in complete sente......more

Goodreads review by Susan

A brief but surprisingly comprehensive look at the relationship between QEII and Churchill. The photos in the Kindle version are not the typical ones and show what looks like true affection and respect between the monarch and her PM.......more