Hello, Professor Capet-- I think there was one story about how Sir Martin tracked down a man who had secretly given Churchill some reports about what Hitler and the Nazis were doing during the 1930s--without PM Chamberlain's knowledge. The man was afraid that he would be killed--or at least seriously injured--if the truth came out.
I don't remember if Sir Martin mentioned the man's name, or gave him a pseudonym. But the gentleman was afraid--even after more than several decades! Now I'll have to re-read 'In Search of Churchill' again! (Ms.) Pat Finnegan On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 4:01 PM, 'Antoine Capet' via ChurchillChat < churchillchat@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Dear Ms Finnegan, > > When you write "the stories of how he tracked down so many of Churchill's > colleagues were both very amusing--and something of a 'spy novel'!" I do > not know which is your favourite. > > For my part, I was left speechless when I read how he had "tracked down" > the estate agent (realtor, I think, in American English) who negotiated the > transaction for Chartwell - so many years after the event ! > > This is definitely my favourite story in the book. > > Best wishes, > > A.C. > ===== > > From: PatFinn1940 > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 8:53 PM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > 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: church...@googlegroups.com > 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: church...@googlegroups.com > 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 churchillcha...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to church...@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 churchillcha...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to church...@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 a topic in the > Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/churchillchat/tQ0ShlxR62o/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- Pat pfinn2...@gmail.com "Keep Calm--And Make Ornaments!" -- 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.
