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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