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  • William Tyler
    • Jun 14, 2021
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Synopsis for JW3 Afternoon class, Thurs 17th June

Churchill: Seven Extraordinary Years, 1904-11


A Liberal MP and Minister 1904/5

Visit to Africa as a Minister 1907

Radical President of The Board of Trade 1908

Children born, Diana and Randolph, 1909, 1911

Confrontation with a Suffragette 1909

Home Secretary 1910

Trouble in Liverpool and in South Wales - Churchill politically attacked for the latter

Sidney Street Siege 1911



Recap on some references plus new ones:-


Churchill 1874-1915 by Ted Morgan

My African Journey by Winston Churchill

Churchill: A Study in Failure 1900-1939 by Robert Rhodes James

David and Winston by Robert Lloyd George

Young Titan by Michael Shelden


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