[ChurchillChat] Re: Why did Churchill not like detective novels ?
Afraid I can't cast any light on where the claim that Churchill disliked detective novels is from, but in addition to Berlin Hotel, Colville's Diaries mention that Churchill read Josephine Tey's 1951 detective novel 'Daughter of Time' (Footnote to 19th April 1952) - though that was largely because of the Richard III theme. He was also of course personal friends with Arthur Conan Doyle and read his Sherlock Holmes stories, so although they may not have been his first choice of reading I'd be surprised if he had a great aversion to detective novels. Though Roosevelt was the real detective fiction buff, being an honorary member of the Baker Street Irregulars Sherlock Holmes Society, and saying he'd like to write detective novels himself. Joe On Sunday, March 4, 2018 at 10:32:20 AM UTC, antcapet wrote: > > Dear All, > > I read somewhere (I do not remember where) that Churchill did not like > detective novels. > > Does one know why ? > > In a letter to Clementine of 17 August 1944, he praises _Berlin Hotel_ by > Vicky Baum. Not a 'detective novel' properly speaking, but not far from > the > genre. > > > With all best wishes, > > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > British Studies > University of Rouen > 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan > France > antoin...@univ-rouen.fr > > 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor > Royal Historical Society Bibliography > > Reviews Editor of CERCLES > http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html > == > > > --- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: effigies of Churchill at Madame Tus Saud's
If it's any help as an incidental detail I remember reading Churchill sat for Madame Tussaud workers to model the last waxwork of him in his lifetime in 1956. (So that's a span of 48 years between the first and the last) Afraid I don't have the source to hand but will post if I come across it and it has any more information. I'd be interested to hear what you discover if Madame Tussaud's come back with anything helpful. Thanks, Joe Joe Oliver joe.oliver1...@gmail.com @joe_oliver On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 9:57:38 PM UTC+1, Antoine Capet wrote: > > Dear Richard, > > Yes - of course ! > > I have just written to Madame Tussaud's - though I dobt whether they will > answer. > > Still, it would be very interesting to know what were the 7-10 figures > chosen ! > > Best, > > A.C. > == > > From: Richard M. Langworth > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 9:48 PM > To: ChurchillChat > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: effigies of Churchill at Madame Tus > Saud's > > It is always better in periodicals to state a finite time span. Finest > Hour > said there were "seven effigies throughout his life." > > Undoubtedly there have been more since. As I recall they change > periodically. > -- > 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 churchillcha...@googlegroups.com . > To post to this group, send email to church...@googlegroups.com > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > --- > L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le > logiciel antivirus Avast. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
