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by Nicholas Shakespeare

153 Tonight Churchill sat, ibid., 244

  154 playing politics … everybody, PA LG/g/241/1

  155 Winston still seems, Rhodes James, George VI, 192

  156 that Winston’s attitude, ibid., 187

  157 You cannot expect, Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill, companion vol. v, Part Three, The Coming of war, 1936–1939, 1205

  158 full of fight still, Channon, 244

  159 pumped … Neville’s head, At the Admiralty, Channon papers, 1136

  160 inflated … no doubt, Reith, 249

  161 there is a movement, King, 31

  162 The Government was obviously, CA Amel 8/76, EE-E to LA, 21/6/1954

  163 that the whole, Nicolson, 74–5

  164 exceptionally slanderous … trusted, Emanuel Shinwell, I’ve Lived Through It All, 157

  165 I am no good, Dilks, Churchill & Company, 30

  166 captain … heart’s desire, At the Admiralty, 83

  167 I’m proud to follow, Cadogan, 253

  168 Winston had made, PA LG/g/241/1

  169 Churchill was on, At the Admiralty, 1190

  170 What a brilliant creature, Dilks, Churchill & Company, 24

  171 like arguing with, Dugdale, Baffy, 3

  172 Winston is very, Dilks, Churchill & Company, 25

  173 see W. Chu Prime Minister, Graham Stewart, Burying Caesar, 73

  174 never founded on, Dilks, Churchill & Company, 25

  175 He won’t give, Stewart, 272

  176 had behaved … terms, BI EH diary, 1/4/1942

  177 He has throughout, BOD MSS Simon 12, 9/5/1940

  178 With enormous solemnity, Manchester, 603

  179 To me personally, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 513

  180 was profuse in, ibid., 522

  181 I do believe that, CRL NC 18/2/1161–1198

  182 I am extremely anxious, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 527

  183 Now I’ve got, Crozier, 169

  184 playing a deep game, Channon, 244

  185 set out & defined … meet him, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 527

  186 I shall have, ibid., 526

  187 quite convinced that, Ball, 209; SP Cranborne to EE-E, 15/4/1940

  188 My reasoning power, CRL NC 11/2/2

  189 it no use to wex, Simpson

  190 strong as de debble, ibid.

  191 I keep tightening, Self, Chamberlain, 23

  192 a much stronger, CA Amel 8/79, LA to Feiling, 19/11/1954

  193 where he is interested, Dugdale, Baffy, 89

  194 a Führer now, Dalton, Fateful Years, 162

  195 If Chamberlain says, Nicolson, Diaries and letters: 1930–1939, 397

  196 not malevolent at all, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 526

  197 to try and get, BI EH, 19/4/1940

  198 and forget the war, BI EH diary, 21/3/1940

  199 More & more, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 411

  200 the Chamberlain touch, ibid., 264

  201 Yes, it must, Walker-Smith, 194

  202 It is a vile, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 528

  12 THE MASTER OF GARROWBY

  1 We human beings, BOD MSS Woolton 76

  2 What a different, Stuart Hodgson, Lord Halifax, 19

  3 I have a stomach, Charles Peake diary, private collection

  4 motored off … garden etc., BI EH diary, 5/5/1940

  5 It was no good … possibility, Anne de Courcy, 351; Georgia Sitwell diary, 3/5/1940

  6 He should have, Davina Eastwood interview with author, 17/12/2014

  7 There still seems, Bernays, 394

  8 Halifax might sometimes, CA GBR/0014/LWFD 2/2

  9 There is nothing, BOD MSS Dawson 82/78

  10 even in times, Cadogan, 168

  11 the well-assorted, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 153

  12 inconceivably incompetent, IR diary, 20/8/1939

  13 the material of, Halifax, Fulness of Days, x

  14 a disastrous … Castle!, Robert Vansittart, The Mist Procession, 273

  15 to order my life, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 83

  16 to direct affairs, A. L. Kennedy, The Times and Appeasement, 240

  17 he was wasting time, CA GBR/0014/LWFD 2/2

  18 Halifax was now … Winston, NC Diary Letters, vol. 4, 504

  19 if Halifax would, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 584

  20 a roaring farce, BOD MSS Dawson 44 diary, 1/4/1940

  21 a leading member, Daily Mail, 6/5/1940

  22 a small Committee, BL Add 58245, Salisbury to EE-E 31/3/1940

  23 an appearance of, SP Salisbury to EH, 22/9/1939

  24 The question which, SP Memorandum by Salisbury, 27/3/1940

  25 The economic war, SP Cranborne to Salisbury, 18/4/1940

  26 of the necessity, SP EE-E to Cranborne, 18/4/1940

  27 very respectable Conservatives, Nicolson, 58

  28 inefficient and talkative people, Colville, Fringes of Power, 96

  29 keep the Government, SP Salisbury to Lord Cecil, 26/9/1939

  30 Birmingham politics, SP Salisbury to Cranborne, 13/4/1940

  31 Personally I was, SP Salisbury to Margot Oxford 13/5/1940

  32 as my house, BL Add 58245, Emrys-Evans 9/4/1940

  33 Your last letter, BL Add 58245, Trenchard 13/4/1940

  34 at 9.30 any morning, BL Add 58245, Salisbury to EE-E, 1/5/1940

  35 An interim Government, SP EE-E to Cranborne, 5/5/1940

  36 a sign of softness, SP Salisbury to Halifax, 25/4/1940

  37 told him … cross-examined, BI EH diary, 24/4/1940

  38 diffuse and unimpressive, Amery, Diaries, vol. 2, 589

  39 a dinner at All Souls, SP E-E to Cranborne, 5/5/1940

  40 In effect they, S. J. D. Green, 257

  41 It is not encouraging … apathy, SP Salisbury to Cranborne, 30/4/1940

  42 Upon the general, SP Salisbury to Cranborne, 25/4/1940

  43 Lord Halifax, we are, BL Add Ms 89013/2/1//9

  44 Halifax had a most, SP E-E to Cranborne, 5/5/1940

  45 in thoroughly critical … murdered!, BI EH diary, 29/4/1940

  46 Architecturally, CA GBR/0014/LWFD 2/2, ‘Three Ministers’

  47 almost three foot … underneath, ibid.

  48 One couldn’t say, Diana Holderness interview with author, 17/11/2014

  49 He had landed, CP diary, 26/7/41

  50 tried to get … nerve, ibid., 27/1/41

  51 Anything, though ever, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 12

  52 It is so terribly, CP diary, 16/1/1941

  53 not so much, Hodgson, 89

  54 Queer bird, Halifax, Francis Beckett, Clem Attlee, 157

  55 singularly inscrutable … do, Dilks interview with author

  56 who possessed both, HN to AM, 10/1/1960, private collection

  57 His strong point, AM diary, 5/9/41

  58 a life of unselfish … Majesty.”, CA GBR/0014/LWFD 2/2

  59 liked Halifax’s telegrams, Roberts, Holy Fox, 202

  60 The Queen has repeatedly, BI EH diary, 6/5/1940

  61 statesman that only this, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 101

  62 into broad Yorkshire, Hodgson, 246

  63 pious old fool … principle today!, Maisky, 282, 145, 250

  64 a landlord’s heart, ibid., 228

  65 always mindful, ibid., 102

  66 fascinates and bamboozles, Channon, 184

  67 extraordinary … ends, ibid., 313

  68 How mistaken … friends, CP diary, 29/1/1941

  69 which has constantly, ibid., 1/4/1941

  70 if greatness means, ibid., 27/1/1941

  71 With all his, ibid., 30/1/1941

  72 the most appalling … inhuman, ibid., 1/4/1941

  73 I always make, ibid., 8/3/1941

  74 while under their, Alfred Duff Cooper, Diaries, 40

  75 Very chic, but exquisite, Nicholas Mosley interview with author, 7/10/2015

  76 I never hear, NA to AM, 15/5/1943

  77 Gosh! She is selfish, IR diary, 23/3/1938

  78 She was cold, Information from Anne de Cour
cy

  79 you keep me, BCA Dep. Monckton Trustees file 24, WM to AM April 1941

  80 I like her, although, James Lees-Milne, Through Wood and Dale, 213–14

  81 deliberate action … quietly bulldozing, ibid., 268

  82 She ran the show … thing, David Metcalfe interview with Anne de Courcy, 19/11/1996

  83 my hated rival, Anne de Courcy, The Viceroy’s Daughters, 366

  84 We wanted a boy, Irene Ravensdale, In Many Rhythms, 20

  85 We left Simla, AM diary, private collection

  86 I have no money, Anne de Courcy, 112

  87 Which tie shall, ibid., 252

  88 Baba rang up, IR diary, 27/11/1937

  89 except how wonderful, David Faber, Munich, 1938, 32

  90 when I heard, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 185

  91 that indefatigable, BI EH diary, 16/9/1940

  92 My dear Baba, BI EH to AM, 14/2/1938

  93 in the big … those days, BI EH to AM, 13/5/1942

  94 The Eden, Churchill type, AM diary, 22/8/1939

  95 Edward said he would, ibid., 6/10/1939

  96 He thought Kingsley, ibid., 15/2/1940

  97 Lady Astor, BI EH diary, 29/4/1940

  98 in a flat, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 218

  99 to come & cheer, BI EH to AM 4/10/1939

  100 Really, it is intolerable, AM diary 30/1/1940

  101 incredible that a man, ibid., 30/1/1940

  102 terrified, ibid., 10/5/1940

  103 What better monument, ibid., 3/11/1940

  104 Winston is causing, ibid., 19/3/1940

  105 Baba dearest, BI EH to AM, 17/4/41

  106 for heaven’s sake … the man, BI EH to AM, 27/5/1943

  107 He showed me, AM diary, 30/1/1940

  108 an evening of, ibid., 31/8/1940

  109 by far the best, Hodgson, 225

  110 It lacks strength, AM diary, 16/2/1940

  111 early church … much, ibid., 4/10/1940

  112 It is perfect, BI EH to AM, 21/7/1944

  113 I have to go … moment, Bruce Lockhart, Diaries vol. 2, 1939-1965, 50

  114 “Not tight, CP diary, 11/2/1941

  115 a large buxom, Nicholas Mosley interview with author

  116 Lord Halifax can, IR diary, 14/11/1940

  117 unfortunate … might talk, ibid., 13/12/1940

  118 it was not fair … plane, ibid., 14/12/1940

  119 We could not, ibid., 19/8/1941

  120 Discussed with Victor, ibid., 27/9/1940; Anne de Courcy, 365

  121 The sweet test, Ravensdale, 11

  122 I can’t tell you, BI EH to AM, 10/10/1942

  123 All I have, BI EH to AM, 10/2/1940

  124 lace brassiere, IR diary, 10/9/1940

  125 I said she loved, ibid., 30/9/1943

  126 Irene said to Baba, Mosley interview with author

  127 My dear, was it thorough-going? Leslie Bonham Carter interview with author, 10/11/2015

  128 Asked me … somehow, James Lees-Milne, Ceaseless Turmoil, 277

  129 intercourse in shop doorways, William Manchester, The Caged Lion, 609

  130 a girl curfew, Adrian Fort, Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor, 274

  131 Edward was purely, Earl of Birkenhead, Halifax, 461

  132 psychical rather than, Michael Bloch, Duchess of Windsor, epilogue

  133 a herd of unicorns, Anne de Courcy, 234

  134 They seem to, Davina Eastwood interview with author

  135 some large wounded, IR diary, 4/10/1937

  136 a v ugly diatribe … Ld H, ibid., 3/9/1940

  137 Was the relationship, Diana Holderness interview with author

  138 almost as if, King, 62

  139 was perhaps the, CA GBR/0014/LWFD 2/2

  140 a bit of a, Roy Jenkins to author, 1991

  141 Naldera, darling, DG to AM, 12/5/1939, private collection

  142 My father told me, Nicholas Mosley interview with author

  143 then it was … public image, Andrew Roberts interview with author

  144 Everyone tells me, WS to AM, 30/11/1939, private collection

  145 I can’t conceive, BI EH to AM, 6/5/1940

  146 Baba doing the, IR diary, 30/12/1941

  147 still living in, EH to AM, 9/10/1940

  148 We could … soul, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 223

  149 it was lovely, BI CP to AM, 16/8/1940

  150 so light-hearted, BI DH to AM, 11/11/1940

  151 There was no, Halifax, Fulness of Days, 220

  152 I shall take, ibid., 226

  153 to ring only, ibid., 220

  154 Is it possible … raped, ibid., 291

  155 Edward is … delay, AM diary, 5/5/1940

  156 If I were dictator, Anne de Courcy, 405

  157 the delay in sending, Channon, 243

  158 It is very difficult, BI EH diary, 6/5/1940

  159 tried to make … away, ibid., 5/6/1940

  160 The world is foul, BI EH to AM, 6/5/1940

  161 There is considerable, BI EH diary, 6/5/1940

  162 will remain in, AM diary, 5/5/1940

  13 THE WILD MAN

  1 I don’t know, Hickman, Churchill’s Bodyguard, 76

  2 I wonder whether, Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, War Diaries, 450

  3 He was still playing, Emanuel Shinwell, Conflict without Malice, 148

  4 the Norwegian fiasco, Spears, 112

  5 would only reflect, Josiah Wedgwood, Memoirs of a Fighting Life, 243

  6 This war was, Thompson, 63

  7 her heart’s delight, Gerstein, Misdeal, 4

  8 American sources … news, Whitford, 258

  9 in a terrible state, Jessica Mitford, Decca, 41

  10 He had reached, CA CHAR 1/355/27

  11 I am only, ibid.

  12 Norway might have, Reynolds, 126

  13 unassailable, Colville, Fringes of Power, 111

  14 If I were the first … case, ibid., 90

  15 is more directly, BOD MSS Simon 11

  16 is probably more, Pownall, 306

  17 The prime responsibility, Liddell Hart, 278

  18 figured enormous, Whitford, 258

  19 Churchill? He’s the man, A. J. P. Taylor, Beaverbrook, 408

  20 The mere thought, Colville, Action this Day, 48

  21 We all felt very uneasy, Godfrey, vol. 7 pt 2, 229

  22 he could not, BI EH diary, 13/5/1940

  23 your being generally, CA CSCT 1

  24 he was not quite, At the Admiralty, 1191

  25 was tight most, Mackenzie King diary, 29/4/1940

  26 superannuated drunkard, Paul Fussell, Wartime, 122

  27 It is at times, Ponting, 428

  28 white wine on occasion, Ian Jacob in Action this Day, 182

  29 To Mr Churchill … evening, Phyllis Moir, Life Magazine, 21/4/1941, 79

  30 a real risk, SP Cranborne to Salisbury, 18/4/1940

  31 Frankly, I was …, SP Salisbury to Cranborne, 20/4/1940

  32 very deadly, At the Admiralty, 1206

  33 rumpled slump, Tom Hickman, Churchill’s Bodyguard, 22

  34 jumpy, Keyes Papers, 24

  35 He was very tired, ibid., 23

  36 pale features, reddish, Churchill War Rooms

  37 the chief difficulty, CA GBR/0014/MART

  38 Churchill’s dentures, Dan Rootham interview with author, 4/11/2015

  39 never bothered about, BOD MSS Woolton 76 diary 2

  40 made the telephone, Reynaud, 239

  41 I must confess, CA CSCT 1

  42 slightly bloodshot, BI EH to AM, 22/6/1941

  43 as always happens, Maisky, 442

  44 may be silly, At the Admiralty, 1205

  45 I had a spasm … frustration, ibid., 1206

  46 He is overdoing, CA LKEN 1/23 diary May 1940

  47 We had yesterday, Ironside, 294

  48 amazed at the speed, CA EADE 2/1

  49 the sombre countenance, Charles Moran, Churchill: the Struggle for survival, 9

  50 fairy-tale fortress, Maisky
, 230

  51 leaves its mark, BOD MS Eng hist 496, Wallace diary

  52 Sir, we have gained, Noel Mostert, The Line Upon a Wind, 508

  53 from a shoal … charts, Diana Cooper, Autobiography, 523

  54 where all … light, CRL NC/11/2/1a

  55 The lamp was … again, Maisky, 230

  56 and a very tidy, CRL NC/11/2/1a

  57 I have a very delicate, Violet Bonham Carter, Winston Churchill, 173

  58 bit of pelt, Gilbert, Churchill, 100

  59 he had just dressed, CA BRGS 1/1

  60 That is why, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 229

  61 I had to test … Commons, Norman McGowan, My Years with Churchill, 24

  62 He wanted me … 11 p.m., Geoffrey Shakespeare, ‘Winston Churchill at War’, private papers

  63 But after 11 p.m … On he went, ibid.

  64 His speeches must, McGowan, 36

  65 I tell her everything, Maisky, 125

  66 He always needed, David Cannadine lecture, ‘Churchill and Leadership’, Exeter College, Oxford, May 2016

  67 England – old statesmen!, Romilly, 22

  68 It makes no difference, Manchester, 263

  69 Mr Pug is very sweet, Soames, Clementine Churchill, 301

  70 Churchill needed a victory, Godfrey, vol. 8, 20

  71 What about a visit, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 229

  72 We have nothing … face, Dalton, Fateful Years, 302

  73 until it was clear, BCA Dep. Monckton Trustees file 2, 4/5/1940

  74 There is nothing, The Times, 6/5/1940

  75 It would show, At the Admiralty, 1205

  76 I must regard, ibid., 1187

  77 I shall be glad, ibid., 1192

  78 exactly NIL … lunacy, Rhys-Jones, 143

  79 like a caged lion, Geoffrey Shakespeare, 229

  80 one of the worst, The Times, 6/5/1940

  81 skedaddling habits, Macclure, ‘Gladiators in Norway’

  82 A measure of their anger, Information from Geirr Haarr

  83 Winston seems to, Ironside, 295

  84 clamber let alone, At the Admiralty, 1201

  85 absolutely unjustified, ibid., 1201

  86 great reluctance ibid., 1200

  87 Her bulk at, ibid., 1222

  88 to provoke a, Rhys-Jones, 149

  89 Bertram, CA Clementine’s engagements book 1940

  14 THE REBELS

  1 Oh! the excitement, Channon, 243

  2 In vain we look … 1916, BOD MSS Macmillan dep c.874

  3 People are so, Nicolson, 75

  4 on all sides … storm, Liddell Hart, 279

  5 What would quicken, The Times, 7/5/1940

  6 as artful as, Sylvester, Life with Lloyd George, 244

  7 never forget the fearful days, PA WSC to LG, 8/11/1924

 

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