Churchill's Bodyguard
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Churchill's Bodyguard
By (Author) Tom Hickman
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
13th July 2006
5th June 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Hospitality and service industries
European history
Second World War
Modern warfare
363.2890941
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
260g
Description
Walter H. Thompson was Churchill's bodyguard from 1921 until 1945, brought back from retirement at the outbreak of war.
Tom Hickman's authorised biography draws heavily on extracts from a manuscript recently discovered by his great-niece, in which Thompson gives a unique insider's account of a number of occasions on which Churchill's life was put seriously at risk and his intervention was needed.After the war, Thompson married one of Churchill's secretaries, and her recollections, as well as those of surviving family members, are interwoven to tell the revelatory inside story of life beside the Greatest Briton.Reviews
'well-written and engaging... a worthy edition to the Churchillian canon' -- BBC History magazine 'fresh anecdotes abound in these fascinating pages' -- Glasgow Evening Times 'a groundbreaking new book' -- Yorkshire Post
Author Bio
Tom Hickman has worked as a journalist and editor on numerous national and specialist publications. He has written ten books including a history of the BBC during the Second World War and the very well reviewed THE CALL-UP.
