Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; PART ONE: EPPING; 1 Constitutionalist Candidate for Epping; 2 Epping Division: 1924 General Election; 3 Chancellor, General Strike and Summer FĂȘtes; 4 The Aldersbrook Fable and the End of Office; 5 India and Years in the Wilderness; 6 Isolation and Looming Perils; 7 Increasing Isolation: Approaching Climax; 8 Revolt Against Churchill: Refusal to be Silenced; 9 The Tide Turns: War!; 10 Epping's Prime Minister: The War Years; PART TWO: WOODFORD |
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11 Victory and Defeat: The Member for Woodford12 The Years of Opposition; 13 Return to Downing Street: The Death of Sir James; 14 Coronation Year: Resignation as Prime Minister; 15 The Last Election: The Bronze Memorial; 16 Who Goes Home? The Declining Years; Appendix: Major Speeches in the Constituency 1924-1964; Index |
Summary |
For nearly 40 years ""among the glades of Epping Forest"" Churchill found a base for his parliamentary life. This book relates with anecdotal and archival evidence the attempt to unseat him after what many supporters considered an injudicious Munich speech |
Notes |
Print version record |
Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781135204266 |
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1135204268 |
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