Whether "Churchill's Secret", broadcast in the USA last night, was riveting television I leave to the critics. But that it was historically inaccurate at one important point there is no doubt. Lindsay Duncan's beautifully acted television version of Clemmie as a wife competing with his political career for his time and attention has no relation to the real-life version. Clementine Churchill, as I point out in my review of Sonia Purnell's biography of Clementine Churchill, was no whining woman at odds with her husband's political life. In fact, Clemmie was a full partner in his political career, entertaining politicians and military figures when he was away in the trenches in WWI. And as any fair reading of their voluminous correspondence shows, offering wise advice to the often impetuous-Winston, advice that prolonged his career. Not only was she a full partner in his work, she had a full and rich life of her own, witness her fund-raising work for the Red Cross's Aid to the Soviet Union. Kudos to Ms. Duncan, and don't blame her for being asked to portray the fiction of a novelist's imagination.
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