Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker

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Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah BakerA major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Winston Churchill found himself out of government and with little power. In these years, Chartwell, his country home in Kent, became the headquarters of his campaign against Nazi Germany. He invited trusted advisors and informants, including Albert Einstein