Other leaders and think about leaders and also to look at Anglo American relations, the aristocracy. Here is a photo of her when she was married to lord randolph and churchill was born in 1874. She was born in 1854. There you see Young Winston with his loving mother. Look at how he is dressed. What an embarrassing portrait for a statesman, right . [laughter] well, churchill wrote in his autobiography that he was a troubled boy in the sense that he caused trouble for others. He said, i was called a troublesome boy. There he is, about 14. You see that scowl. Wow. Does he look like that . [laughter] look at those two. [laughter] 50 years difference, but boy they look alike, dont they . You can see the resemblance between the two, the young teenager and the statesman that stood up to hitler. Ok, that pugnacious, troublesome boy, who grew up to be a statesman who gave trouble to people like hitler. Well, churchills mom, the letters she would write to Winston Churchill. This is what she wrot
I am not going to talk about onto thisor aftermath, the book pearl harbor christmas is about what happened after pearl harbor. How different was the world and how different was the United States after pearl harbor. What changes were made. It was the Holiday Season of 1941. It wasnt any different than it was in 1940 or 1939. Or other years just before that in peacetime. About the impact of the war, didnt make a difference in our lives, immediately. Collector of bubblegum cards. Largely baseball cards, as quick as could be, the bubblegum makers came out with four cards war cards. I collected is when i was a kid. I brought them to show you. One of the heroes of my book was winston churchill. War cards. In the less of a hero in my book but never the less a major they gear was General Macarthur. Becausee so important we needed a hero. He wasnt much of one that he was there in the philippines. He became card number one among the war cards. They taught us a lot about what was going on and the
David, thank you very much and a very good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last session of today, one that i know will end the first day on a high. I am sure you, as i, marvel at the continuing volume of books about Winston Churchill that emerge year after year. What more could there be to say now, even about Winston Churchill, we might ask . David lough has managed not only to say new things but to add great detail and provide a fascinating exposition of churchills finances, a topic as you know, and as david demonstrates, that had its peaks and indeed its troughs, much like churchills own political career. Davids book is thorough and engaging and offers new churchillian epithets. One of my favorites taken from his volume sees churchill seeking new funds for yet another expenditure and lamenting, had i not been so foolish as to pay a lot of bills, i shouldve had the money available right now. [laughter] david lough is well qualified to write on this topic, a former memb
Us on facebook at cspan history. Coming up on American History tv, from the 33rd International Churchill conference, david lough talks about his book no more champagne churchill and his money. A retired banker and historian, mr. Lough argues the former Prime Minister would borrow heavily from his friends and family to maintain his lifestyle and was often living on the edge of financial ruin. This is about an hour. David, thank you very much and a very good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last session of today, one that i know will end the first day on a high. I am sure you, as i, marvel at the continuing volume of books about Winston Churchill that emerge year after year. What more could there be to say now, even about Winston Churchill, we might ask . David lough has managed not only to say new things but to add great detail and provide a fascinating exposition of churchills finances, a topic as you know, and as david demonstrates, that had its peaks and indeed its tro
The father knew and his ancestors were first from the island. Either as islanders. Leonard returned. And the conspirators of the union club. When a that had been placed. The first ocean. In a dramatic race. Covered and skipped the first flight of 90,000. 1871, in 1873 having been presented with the prince of wells in 1873, jennie and mother were invited at the invitation of Queen Victoria posessed son on the ship, hms on the 12th of august, 140 years ago. What is remarkable is we have the invitation still both that jenny and lord randolph kept. Jenny was 19. Randolph, 24. He arrived from the royal yacht steps to get onboard the ship to see jenny and her sister talking with a merry group of people. Both were dressed, adorned by fresh flowers. Randolph arranged an influction. Though he suffered headaches while dancing, something that carries on in the family, he asked jenny to dance of which he was unsure of the steps. Afterwards they sat out and talked and talked sipping champagne. Rand