I am hoping to secure a copy soon as this is an area of professional interest, and possibly review for Finest Hour. if invited.
Sent from my iPhone John H. Mather 240-353-6782 > On Nov 13, 2014, at 3:22 PM, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat > <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Dear Ms Finnegan, > > Thanks for your support - sending information to the List on new Churchill > books is very much like sending messages in a bottle from a raft at sea . . . > One never knows whether they will be read - let alone considered as welcome! > > There is of course nothing uncommon in this harsh world about experiencing > the presence of these "black dogs". The great difficulty is having the > professional skills to speak competently about them. I do not know what depth > of specialist psychological / psychiatric training is involved in the case of > the author, "a Family Court Welfare Officer and Adviser" as described by the > publishers : > > Wilfred Attenborough is an independent scholar based in the UK who has been > researching the evidential foundations of Winston Churchill's 'Black Dog' for > several years. Before retirement in 2008 he was a Family Court Welfare > Officer and Adviser. > > In the field of fiction, you might enjoy "Mr Chartwell" by Rebecca Hunt > (Penguin, 2011) - a great work of creative imagination based on the reality > of WSC's recurring fits of depression. > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Chartwell-Rebecca-Hunt/dp/0141049871/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415912864&sr=1-10&keywords=churchill+black+dog > > With all best wishes, > > A.C. > =============== > > From: PatFinn1940 > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 8:15 PM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill and the 'Black Dog' of Depression > > Dear Professor Capet: > > I would definitely be interested in reading about Churchill, and his > struggles with the 'Black Dog' of depression. > > I've dealt with that a lot in my own life; I even attempted suicide nearly > seven years ago. It is of some comfort to know that a great man like > Winston Churchill wrestled with depression for much of his life. > > Thank you for the 'heads-up' about this book! > > Sincerely yours, > (Ms.) Patricia Finnegan > > On Thursday, November 13, 2014 6:35:20 AM UTC-5, Antoine Capet wrote: Another > Churchill book out this month: > > Wilfred Attenborough. Churchill and the 'Black Dog' of Depression : > Reassessing the Biographical Evidence of Psychological > Disorder > > ISBN 9781137462299 > > http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137462299&WT.mc_id=EMI_PALGRAVE_1411_SRL1169-History%20Newsletter%20UK%20%281%29&WT.i_dcsvid=&spMailingID=47400589&spUserID=MTA0MDQxNzE0NDY4S0&spJobID=561712598&spReportId=NTYxNzEyNTk4S0 > > > > Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS > 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 > > > -- > 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 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > 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 churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
