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No more champagne : Churchill and his money / David Lough.
By: Lough, David [author.]
.Publisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2015Description: xii, 532 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781784081812.Other title: Churchill and his money.Subject(s): Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Finance, Personal | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 920 Summary: The popular image of Churchill - grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar - conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that Britain's most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial cliff-edge. Only fragments of information about his finances, or their impact on his public life, have previously emerged. With the help of unprecedented access to Churchill's private records, the author creates a fully researched narrative of Churchill's private finances and business affairs.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 920 CHU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013083 |
The popular image of Churchill - grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar - conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that Britain's most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial cliff-edge. Only fragments of information about his finances, or their impact on his public life, have previously emerged. With the help of unprecedented access to Churchill's private records, the author creates a fully researched narrative of Churchill's private finances and business affairs.