A friend once said of Churchill, He is a man of simple tastes; he is quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.
But dinners for Churchill were about more than good food, excellent champagnes and Havana cigars. Everything included the opportunity to use the dinnertable as a stage on which to display his brilliant conversational talents, and an intimate setting in which to glean diplomatic insights, and argue for the many policies he espoused over a long life.
In this riveting book, Cita Stelzer draws
on previously untapped archival material to tell of some of the key dinners at which Churchill presided during WWII including the important conferences at which he used his considerable skills to persuade his allies to fight the war according to his strategic vision.
With original menus, seating plans and unpublished photographs, Dinner with Churchill is a sumptuous treat. The next best thing to being there yourself.
But dinners for Churchill were about more than good food, excellent champagnes and Havana cigars. Everything included the opportunity to use the dinnertable as a stage on which to display his brilliant conversational talents, and an intimate setting in which to glean diplomatic insights, and argue for the many policies he espoused over a long life.
In this riveting book, Cita Stelzer draws
on previously untapped archival material to tell of some of the key dinners at which Churchill presided during WWII including the important conferences at which he used his considerable skills to persuade his allies to fight the war according to his strategic vision.
With original menus, seating plans and unpublished photographs, Dinner with Churchill is a sumptuous treat. The next best thing to being there yourself.
