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Churchill had been christened in the Church of England [30] but underwent a virulently anti-Christian phase in his youth, [31] and as an adult was an agnostic. [32] In another letter to a cousin, he referred to religion as "a delicious narcotic" and expressed a preference for Protestantism over Roman Catholicism because he felt it "a step ...
Winston Churchill in 1904, aged 29. The early life of Winston Churchill covers the period from his birth on 30 November 1874 to 31 May 1904 when he formally crossed the floor of the House of Commons, defecting from the Conservative Party to sit as a member of the Liberal Party. Churchill had mixed English and American parentage.
My Early Life, also known in the US as A Roving Commission: My Early Life, is a 1930 book by Winston Churchill. It is an autobiography from his birth in 1874 to around 1902. The book closes with mention of his marriage in 1908, stating that he lived happily ever after.
Churchill making a speech in Uxbridge, Middlesex, during the 1945 general election, which his party lost. Winston Churchill's Conservative Party lost the July 1945 general election, forcing him to step down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill. The first two were published in the 1980s by author and historian William Manchester , who died while working on the last volume.
The plot of the historical novel concerns New Hampshire politics, where Churchill lived most of his adult life. Churchill was elected to the state legislature in 1903 and 1905, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1906 at the same time Coniston was topping the best selling lists.
Young Winston is a 1972 British epic biographical adventure drama war film covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, My Early Life. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father.
Churchill, Randolph. Winston S. Churchill: Young Statesman. This is the second volume of the authorised biography which was continued by Martin Gilbert after Randolph Churchill's death. C & T Publications (1967) Eade, Charles. Churchill by his Contemporaries. Hutchinson (1953) Gilbert, Sir Martin. Churchill. Authorised biography, as above.