Part Three. Never Give In
Chapter eleven. A New Lease of Life
February 18, 1953
...The House of Lords means nothing to him. The history of England, its romance and changing fortunes, is for Winston embodied in the Royal House.
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Part Two. The Prime Minister Falters
Chapter eight. An American Journey
January 10, 1952...P.M.: 'Now that we no longer hold India the Canal means very little to us. Australia? We could go round the Cape. We are holding the Canal not for ourselves but for civilization. I feel inclined to threaten the Americans that we will leave the Canal if they ( Read more... )

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Part Two. The Prime Minister Falters
Chapter Seven. Back to No. 10.
October 11, 1951
...He had been impressed by the X-rays; it was a ‘wonderful machine’. Turning to MacKenna, he said:
‘Immediately I had it I felt the benefit; I believe they will cure the bloody itching over my shoulders. I would like another dose today.
( He had ‘had great influence over President Roosevelt until about three months before Yalta; then he ceased to answer my letters.’ )

Part one. Fall from Power
4. A Preview of Old Age
June, 1947
...I marvel how he dominates men. Like a ventriloquist, he puts words into the mouths of his dolls, the doctors. Then we had a skirmish over the place where the operation was to be performed; Winston made a strong plea for his own house, but this time the surgeons stood their ground.
( ‘I’m glad I’ve not to live my life over again. There is a dreadful degradation of standards.’ )

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Introduction by Matthew Grant, Queen Mary, University of London

...It is certainly richer in human detail than the rather dry volumes of the official biography. Moreover, many of the aspects of Churchill’s working practices that have become almost legendary - his sleeping patterns, his use of amphetamines - are known to us through Moran.

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( In 1966, Moran’s apparent flouting of the Hippocratic Oath caused an outcry that split the medical world, with the Lancet attacking, and the British Medical Journal Moran’s reputation. )