From Blenheim to Chartwell: The Untold Story of Churchills Houses and Gardens

About this book

As much as any major figure of the twentieth century Winston Churchill is associated with the places he livedparticularly Blenheim Palace where he was born and grew up and Chartwell in Kent where he lived for more than forty years before and after leading Britain through World War II. Stefan Buczacki tells the story of Churchills life through a close examination of his homes and in particular the gardens he cultivated and enjoyed there. Gardening expert Buczacki offers here the fruits of extensive research into Churchills homes and the result shows a new side of himthat of a man steeped in Victorian values who knew the importance of home and who looked after his personal staff and behaved with utmost integrity and honesty in all his business dealings.