The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965 (158 page)

187.
W. H. Thompson 70;
Irrepressible
99; W. H. Thompson 71

188.
Hansard
4/28/25

189.
Soames 277; James in Eade 149

190.
James in Eade 148; WSC V 78; CV V/1 356, 376

191.
Rhodes James
Failure
184

192.
Rhodes James
Failure
185; CV V/1 306, 307

193.
Times
4/29/25;
Hansard
4/28/25; Kenneth Young 74; Boothby
Rebel
39

194.
WSC V 100

195.
Hansard
5/4/25, 2/13/46

196.
Rhodes James
Failure
176; WSC V 97

197.
Cowles
Churchill
260;
Nation
2/21/25

198.
Sunday Express
7/12/25; Keynes 23

199.
Times
7/13/25

200.
Hansard
5/5/26, 4/22/26; WSC V 147–148, 146

201.
Cowles
Churchill
264;
Hansard
5/5/26; Cowles
Churchill
265

202.
Hansard
2/13/46;
Great Contemporaries
375; WSC V 300n

203.
Hansard
5/5/26

204.
Hansard
5/3/26; WSC V 164, 165;
Churchill Years
79

205.
Rhodes James
Failure
191, 188

206.
Holt in Eade 187, 189

207.
WSC V 158; Liddell Hart
Memoirs
II 144; Holt in Eade 191; Pelling 314

208.
Rhodes James
Failure
189, 190

209.
Hansard
5/3/26; CV V/1 713; Rhodes James
Failure
192; WSC V 168; Holt in Eade 189

210.
Webb
Diaries
166; CV V/1 718; Kenneth Young 71, 84

211.
Kenneth Young 84; CV V/1 721; WSC V 172

212.
Pelling 315;
New Statesman
5/22/26; CV V/1 727;
Times
6/8/26

213.
WSC V 172; CV V/1 1014;
Hansard
7/7/26; CV V/1 740

214.
CV V/1 717; Boothby
Rebel
44

215.
CV V/1 728, 730, 733

216.
WSC V 212, 189; CV V/1 765;
Evening Standard
10/19/26

217.
CV V/1 807; WSC V 193; CV V/1 820, 823, 824

218.
WSC V 202; CV V/1 866

219.
CV V/1 760; WSC V 208, 219; CV V/1 851, 852; Rhodes James
Failure
193

220.
WM / Harold Macmillan 11/4/80; WM / Lord Boothby 10/16/80

221.
CV V/1 1307;
Great Contemporaries
375

222.
CV V/1 1328, 1006

223.
Wit
23, 13;
Irrepressible
104, 6; McGowan 138

224.
CV V/1 985, 1272, 1464;
Hansard
4/11/27; WSC V 235;
Times of India
4/11/27

225.
Hansard
4/29/25; WSC V 292; CV V/1 1316, 1326

226.
Rhodes James
Failure
207, 206, 205; CV V/1 1443–1444

227.
CV V/1 1050

228.
Hansard
4/11/27; CV V/1 984

229.
WSC V 324; Macmillan 176; Rhodes James
Failure
196

230.
CV V/1 878, 908, 907

231.
CV V/1 908;
Times
1/21/27

232.
New Leader
1/28/27; WSC V 226

233.
CV V/1 909

234.
CV V/1 1448

235.
CV V/2 87

236.
CV V/1 1052

237.
WSC V 265

238.
Kenneth Young 100; CV V/1 1052, 1236

239.
CV V/1 1332; Kenneth Young 104; CV V/1 1375; Kenneth Young 105

240.
CV V/1 1412; Rhodes James
Failure
205; CV V/1 1444; Gilbert
Churchill Wilderness
18, 19; WSC V 317; CV V/2 61

241.
WSC V 327, 328; Rhodes James
Failure
201; WSC V 313, 325;
Daily Express
5/1/29

242.
WSC V 328

243.
CV V/1 1474; Kenneth Young 118n

244.
CV V/2 85–86; WSC V 337

245.
CV V/2 40

246.
CV V/2 61, 40; WSC V 340; CV V/2 42

247.
WSC V 345; CV V/2 82

248.
CV V/2 96–97; Swanberg 494

249.
CV V/2 97; WSC V 348; Sarah Churchill 35

250.
WSC V 349, 350

251.
WSC V 350;
Gathering Storm
, 34; “The American Mind and Ours”

252.
Irrepressible
106; CV V/2 95; WSC V 353

253.
CV V/2 98; Smith and Cawkwell 173, 318–438 passim

254.
Morris
Trumpets
334; Boothby
Rebel
37; Morris
Trumpets
311

255.
Morris
Trumpets
278; Telford Taylor 197–199; Morris
Trumpets
335

256.
Morris
Trumpets
305

257.
Morris
Trumpets
307, 364, 337n

258.
Morris
Trumpets
357

259.
Morris
Trumpets
335, 337

260.
Morris
Trumpets
337

261.
Boothby
Rebel
54; Gandhi 278–279

262.
Wit
27

263.
Day 65

264.
Morris
Trumpets
283–285

265.
Rhodes James
Failure
216

266.
Rhodes James
Failure
215; CV V/2 107, 108; WSC V 367

267.
Morris
Trumpets
298; Rhodes James
Failure
221, 222

268.
Rhodes James
Failure
206, 222

269.
Moran 692

270.
CV V/1 1042, 1054; Mayo 26, 32; WSC V 243n;
Spectator
7/16/27;
Survey
8/1/27;
New Statesman
7/16/27;
Catholic World
10/27/27;
New York Herald Tribune
6/12/27;
NYT
6/5/27

271.
CV V/2 126; WSC V 401–402; Mayer in Stansky 183

272.
WSC V 354–355; CV V/2 111

273.
Daily Mail
11/16/29

274.
Morris
Trumpets
290

275.
WSC V 368; Boothby
Rebel
53;
Wit
29; WSC V 370

276.
Soames 331; CV V/2 186

277.
CV V/2 226, 193; WSC V 338; Rhodes James
Failure
218

278.
CV V/2 222; WSC V 376, 377

279.
WSC V 377;
Times
12/13/30; WSC V 358; CV V/2 287; WSC V 359; CV V/2 258; Rhodes James
Failure
219

280.
WSC V 373, 375n2, 367; CV V/2 290, 293; Kenneth Young 116

281.
Rowse in Eade 499

282.
CV V/2 243;
Gathering Storm
33; CV V/2 250

283.
Hansard
1/26/31

284.
CV V/2 252, 250–251

285.
India
94; Moorehead
Churchill Trial
74

286.
CV V/2 280, 279;
Hansard
3/12/31; CV V/2 265

287.
CV V/2 291; WSC V 400, 398;
Hansard
5/13/31;
Daily Mail
9/7/31

288.
Boothby
Rebel
83; WSC V 377; Boothby
Rebel
54

289.
WSC V 404–405;
Hansard
3/12/31

290.
Morris
Trumpets
297;
NYT
12/14/31

291.
Hansard
9/8/31; Gilbert
Churchill Wilderness
39; Kenneth Young 118

292.
Eden in Eade 107; Attlee in Marchant 74–75; Shinwell in Eade 124; W. H. Thompson 71

293.
Gardner 2, 1

294.
Daily Telegraph
11/15/40; WM / Lord Butler 11/5/80

295.
Moorehead
Churchill Trial
71; Longford
Churchill
84; Eden in Eade 106, 107; Rhodes James
Failure
205;
Irrepressible
6, 117

296.
Birkenhead
Professor
135; CV V/2 399

297.
CV V/2 18, 26–27

298.
Birkenhead
Professor
133; CV V/2 244, 105

299.
CV V/2 258

300.
CV V/2 38; Pelling 414

301.
CV V/2 334

302.
Payne 212; Shirer 119

303.
Shirer 136

304.
Frankfurter Zeitung
9/26/30

305.
Shirer 149

306.
Shirer 132

307.
“Shall We All Commit Suicide?”;
Gathering Storm
55–56

308.
Eden in Eade 116;
Step by Step
144; WM / Lord Butler 11/5/80; Hitler in Eade 210

309.
Amid These Storms
249; WSC V 123; CV V/1 1335; WSC V 304–305

310.
Rhodes James
Failure
241n

311.
Hansard
6/29/31;
New York American
8/10/31;
New York Journal
3/31/31

312.
WSC V 406, 407

313.
NYT
1/25/31

314.
NYT
6/11/31

315.
WM / Kay Halle 8/6/80; WSC V 418, 417

316.
Worcester Telegram
12/13/31; “My New York Adventures”; W. H. Thompson 108

317.
CV V/2 382; Birkenhead
Professor
134–135

318.
“My New York Adventures”; CV V/2 386

319.
Moir 30, 31, 32

320.
CV V/2 396, 393

321.
Gilbert
Churchill Wilderness
43–44

322.
Moir 36, 82–83

323.
WSC V 426; Gilbert
Churchill Wilderness
45

324.
CV V/2 406, 410; Gilbert
Churchill Wilderness
46

325.
Wit
83

326.
Cowles
Churchill
285; WSC V 431; Moran 65

In most books it is impossible for a scholar to single out one source which towers above all others. In this case, however, it is not only possible; it is essential. The Official Biography of Winston Spencer Churchill, which has been in preparation, under the supervision of the Chartwell Trust, for eighteen years, is the definitive work on his life. Indeed, some documents, including those in the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, are closed to other researchers until the official biography is complete.

Thus far the work—which has reached the year 1939—comprises eighteen volumes totaling 20,827 pages. And World War II is yet to come. At this writing, Martin Gilbert, the official biographer, has just completed a manuscript covering the years 1939 to 1941. It is, he says, as long as this volume of mine. In its entirety, the official work is grouped into five biographical volumes and thirteen companion volumes. The biographical works have been issued under five major headings:

Volume I:
Youth, 1874–1900
, by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1966.

Volume II:
Young Statesman, 1901–1914
, by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1967.

Volume III:
The Challenge of War, 1914–1916
, by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1971.

Volume IV:
The Stricken World, 1916–1922
, by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1975.

Volume V:
The Prophet of Truth, 1922–1939
, by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1977.

The companion volumes, 16,359 pages, are similarly grouped and consist of reproduced documents:

Companion Volume I, Part 1, 1874–1896
, edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1967.

Companion Volume I, Part 2, 1896–1900
, edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1967.

Companion Volume II, Part 1, 1901–1907
, edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1969.

Companion Volume II, Part 2, 1907–1911
, edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1969.

Companion Volume II, Part 3, 1911–1914
, edited by Randolph S. Churchill. Boston, 1969.

Companion Volume III, Part 1, July 1914–April 1915
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1973.

Companion Volume III, Part 2, May 1915–December 1916
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1973.

Companion Volume IV, Part 1, January 1917–June 1919
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1978.

Companion Volume IV, Part 2, July 1919–March 1921
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1978.

Companion Volume IV, Part 3, April 1921–November 1922
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1978.

Companion Volume V, Part 1, The Exchequer Years, 1922–1929
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1981.

Companion Volume V, Part 2, The Wilderness Years, 1929–1935
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Boston, 1981.

Companion Volume V, Part 3, 1936–1939
, edited by Martin Gilbert. Forthcoming.

The liveliest biographer of Winston Churchill is Winston Churchill. He led a fascinating life, he knew it, and he exploited it. Like most journalists, he told his choicest stories over and over. He wrote no fewer than nine versions of his dramatic escape from the Boer prisoner-of-war camp in 1899. One, “How I Escaped from the Boers,” was published in the Johannesburg
Standard and Diggers’ News
on December 23, 1899. Three others appeared in the
Morning Post
, on December 27 and 28, 1899, and January 24, 1900. Later came “How I Escaped from Pretoria” (
War Pictures
, March 3, 1900), “My Escape from the Boers” (
Strand
, December 1923 and January 1924), “My Escape from Pretoria” (
News of the World
, February 10, 1935), “How I Escaped” (
Sunday Chronicle
, January 2, 1938), and the version in chapters 21 and 22 of his book
A Roving Commission
. This last account has appeared in several anthologies, and Churchill lectured on this feat innumerable times. There are no significant discrepancies among the many versions. He told this tale, and others, over and over simply because he had a family—and an expensive life-style—to support.