I couldn’t agree more with the comments regarding In Search of Churchill. It is quite simply among the best books on WSC.
Sandy -------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Sandy Finlayson <http://www.wts.edu/faculty/profiles/finlayson.html> Director of Library Services & Professor of Theological Bibliography Westminster Theological Seminary <http://www.wts.edu/library> Philadelphia, PA "Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one." ~ Neil Gaiman From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PatFinn1940 Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 2:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Another Image of Churchill I have that 'warmer' photo by Karsh on my copy of Sir Martin's one-volume Churchill biography (it was the first book Sir Martin sent me, after we began our correspondence in 2006). It's one of my favorite Churchill photos. I wonder how Karsh got him to smile for it, after the 'scowling lion' one was taken? And you are right about 'In Search of Churchill' being a 'masterpiece'. It helped a lot with the background of how the young Martin Gilbert became the 'official' biographer after Randolph Churchill's death. And the stories of how he tracked down so many of Churchill's colleagues were both very amusing--and something of a 'spy novel'! (Ms.) Pat Finnegan On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 4:47:32 PM UTC-4, Antoine Capet wrote: Dear Terry, No harm done in anglicising Adolf - except that the custom among historians is to anglicise the (first) names of kings, emperors and popes : perhaps too great an honour for "that man". On a more serious note : I was struck when recently reading the late Sir Martin's masterpiece, _ In Search of Churchill_ (by the way, many thanks to the List Members who wrote it was priority reading - they were absolutely right) that he said why he had rejected that world-famous portrait in favour of a warmer one (albeit also by Karsh at the same session) for the photograph on his dust cover. Was he influenced by Clementine's opinion (which he no doubt knew) ? - that will remain forever an interesting question. Best, A.C. ================== From: Terry Reardon Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 9:57 PM To: [email protected] <javascript:> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Another Image of Churchill OOPS! Before someone comments - of course it should be Adolf. Terry Reardon From: Terry Reardon Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 3:53 PM To: [email protected] <javascript:> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Another Image of Churchill We clearly know the opinion of Winston and Clementine on the Graham Sutherland painting, but what was their opinion of the “Roaring Lion” photograph by Yousuf Karsh? While to the best of my knowledge Winston Churchill is not on record as having given an opinion, we do have his reaction by way of Clementine. As I said in my book (take every opportunity!) on Churchill & Mackenzie King, the diary of King of May 6, 1944 recorded a conversation with Clementine. “She (Clementine) does not like the Karsh picture, neither does Churchill himself. She said ‘He really has a more playful expression about his mouth.’” Now I wonder if Adolph Hitler ever commented on it! Terry Reardon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <javascript:> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <javascript:> . To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
