Winston and Archie: The Letters of Winston Churchill and Archibald Sinclair

Ian Hunter (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1842750402 / ISBN 13: 9781842750407

Published by Politico's Publishing, 2005

About this Item

Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is crisp and glossy; it's now wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Covers are bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. The name of the previous owner is written on the front free end-paper in black marker. But, the rest of the book is free of markings. 530 bright, clean pages. Overall, this book is in very good condition. The previous owner left an online-article print regarding Winston and Archie. This volume comes from the Churchill collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a passionate collector, author, and member of several Churchill Societies. We have several hundred volumes from his collection in other listings as well as in our physical store. Please inquire for a link to the complete catalogue. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that Amazon put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Please email with questions or to request photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Winston and Archie: The Letters of Winston Churchill and Archibald Sinclair
• Publisher: Politico's Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1842750402
• ISBN 13: 9781842750407
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 34 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

Winston & Archie includes the personal and professional correspondence between Sir Winston Churchill and his life-long friend Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of the Liberal Party from 1935 to 1945 and Air Minister in Churchill's wartime government.
Churchill and Sinclair served together in the Flanders trenches, fought the Bolsheviks from the War Office (1919-21) and managed the British Empire while at the Colonial Office (1921-22). They stood shoulder to shoulder against appeasement during the 1930s and, on attaining the premiership in May 1940, Churchill appointed Sinclair to the vital position of Secretary of State for Air, for war against Nazi Germany.
Many of these letters are published here for the first time, and are printed together with explanatory text and extensive annotations. As well as a record of an important friendship they provide a unique and detailed insight into the relationship between the Air Ministry and the Prime Minister at a time of national peril.