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Chargement... Churchill's Cigar (2007)par Stephen McGinty
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I was expecting more from this for some reason (I mean, I did just recently finish Roberts's Churchill: Walking with Destiny). All the regular stories of Churchill and his cigar are here, but you can get them from a standard, big biography of the great man. There are a few tidbits about the cigars Churchill liked, how he smoked them, how much he paid for them, but I guess I was expecting MORE on that. More detailed, more scholarly. Less breezy, chatty, and conversational. It's not a boring read, however. And, if you like Churchill and cigars, it is a fine enough book. But it is not an essential book. (I wonder if I'll prefer the discussion on cigars in Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill or No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money.) ( ) Everything you always wanted to know about Churchill's cigar but where afraid to ask The Christmas season being the time of year for excesses like whisky, champagne, and cigars, it may also be good time to increase our knowledge of one of history's greatest consumers of said goods. The book tells you everything and more about the greatest Briton's love for cigars. Entertainingly written, there are a lot of things in the book that you would not need to know, but there area also some fine gems in the book, e.g. when Churchill went to see the King after V-day to celebrate with the crowds, he found he needed to have a cigar. Cigars were as much a part of his public image as they were an enjoyment. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
During the Second World War, Churchill's cigar was such an important beacon of resistance that MI5, together with the nation's top scientists, tested the Prime Minister's supplies on mice rather than risk sabotage. Today Winston Churchill and his cigar remains a global icon, memorialised by a 107 foot statue of a cigar in Australia, while his cigar stubs are treasured as relics. Using original archival research and exclusive interviews with Churchill's staff, Stephen McGinty, an award-winning journalist, explores Churchill's passion for cigars and the solace they brought. He also examines Churchill's lasting friendship with Antonio Giraudier, the Cuban businessman who for twenty years stocked Churchill's humidor, before fleeing Castro's revolution. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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