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Churchill’s Citadel, by Katherine Carter

This is a book about much more than a house. It’s a book about the headquarters of a resistance movement.

Churchill’s Citadel, by Katherine Carter You may have read all 911 pages, excluding notes or index, of Roy Jenkin’s magisterial biography of Winston Churchill, which after 20 years remains incredibly sound. There is also a good chance that you’ve read Andrew Robert’s...

Churchill’s Citadel

Churchill’s rural idyll at Chartwell became a campaign headquarters that changed the course of history.

Katherine Carter

Churchill’s Citadel When Winston Churchill saw a house on a hill called Chartwell, it was love at first sight, but not with the house itself. It was the landscape, first seen by him on a beautiful summer’s day in 1921, that captivated him. Its situation on a hillside,...