Name: Churchill's Final Farewell: The State and Private Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill
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Author: Roberts, Andrew ; Croft, Rodney J.
ISBN: 9781502956941

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Rodney J. Croft

Preface by

Andrew Roberts

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

Inglés

Pages

168

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN13

9781502956941

Synopsis "Churchill's Final Farewell: The State and Private Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill"

This illustrated account of one of British history's great national events is the first ever published having as its sole subject the state and private funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. Significantly, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Churchill's death and it is 120 years since the death of Churchill's father, Lord Randolph, who died on 24 January 1895. The year 2015 is also the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in which Churchill played such a pivotal and dynamic role. The book covers all aspects of 'Operation Hope Not' - the codename for the arrangements for Churchill's state funeral, and the details of which were only made available to the public in 1996 under the 30-year official secrets rule. The author was given access to archive papers at Arundel Castle; the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge; the National Archives at Kew; and the College of Arms in London. In 2013 he interviewed The 11th Duke of Marlborough - who, as the Marquis of Blandford, greeted and then accompanied the mourners after the service at St. Paul's Cathedral; on the funeral train to Hanborough; then on to St. Martin's Church, Bladon, where Churchill's burial took place. The author also interviewed in 2013 the Countess of Avon, Churchill's niece, who attended the funeral, and Mrs. Minnie Churchill, who attended Churchill's Lying-in-State and is the mother of Churchill's living heir, Randolph Churchill - Winston Churchill's great-grandson. Churchill's Final Farewell also explains aspects of state and ceremonial funerals, together with details of that of Churchill; the reasons for Waterloo Station, not Paddington, being chosen as the departure point to Bladon, where Churchill lies; and the story of his interment there. There are also particulars of special champagne served on the funeral train with a personal message from Winston - stories that the 16th Duke of Norfolk, The Earl Marshal of England (responsible for all the arrangements for Operation Hope Not), told his close friend, the great English bowler Alec Bedser.

Andrew Roberts

(Preface by)

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Andrew Roberts, historiador y periodista, es miembro de la Royal Society of Literature y de la Royal Society of Arts. Forma parte, asimismo, del Napoleonic Institute, y es socio honorario de la International Churchill Society. Una vida (2016) ganó el Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon y el Los Angeles Times Biography Prize.

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