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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
CHAPTER 1 - Formative Years
Notes
CHAPTER 2 - Harrow School
Notes
CHAPTER 3 - The Character of Lord Randolph: Winston’s Relationship with his Father
Notes
CHAPTER 4 - Winston and ‘Emotional Deprivation Disorder’
Notes
CHAPTER 5 - The ‘Affirmation’ of Winston
Elizabeth Everest
Frances, Duchess of Marlborough
Laura, Countess of Wilton
Consuelo (née Vanderbilt), wife of Charles, the 9th Duke of Marlborough
Notes
CHAPTER 6 - Sandhurst
Notes
CHAPTER 7 - The Decline and Death of Lord Randolph
Notes
CHAPTER 8 - The Death of Elizabeth Everest: The 4th Hussars
Notes
CHAPTER 9 - Politics
Notes
CHAPTER 10 - Romance: Marriage
Notes
CHAPTER 11 - War: First Lord of the Admiralty; The Dardanelles Campaign
Notes
CHAPTER 12 - Winston Resigns from the Government: Aftermath; A Painter is Born
Notes
CHAPTER 13 - A Return to the Army
Notes
CHAPTER 14 - A Return to Politics: The USA enters the War; The Bolshevik Revolution: Victory
Notes
CHAPTER 15 - The Post-War Decade
Notes
CHAPTER 16 - The ‘Wilderness Years’: The Influence of Clementine
Notes
CHAPTER 17 - Painting as a Pastime: What Winston’s Paintings Reveal
Notes
CHAPTER 18 - The Menace of Nazism: Winston’s Warnings: The Phoney War
Notes
CHAPTER 19 - Winston as Prime Minister: A Whirlwind Strikes No. 10
Notes
CHAPTER 20 - Winston and the Levers of Power
The USA
The USSR
Notes
CHAPTER 21 - Further Insights into Winston’s Character: His ‘Safety Valves’
Unselfconscious and uninhibited
A decreased need for sleep
Irritable and aggressive towards those who failed to endorse his ideas and plans
‘Flights of ideas’ and racing thoughts
Having inflated ideas about himself and his abilities
Notes
CHAPTER 22 - D-Day and Onward to Victory: Stalin – A Challenge Too Far
Notes
CHAPTER 23 - Japan Fights On: Electoral Defeat for Winston
Notes
CHAPTER 24 - Leader of the Opposition
Notes
CHAPTER 25 - How Winston’s Workload and Lifestyle Took their Toll
Notes
CHAPTER 26 - Prime Minister Again
Notes
CHAPTER 27 - Winston’s ‘Highs’ and ‘Lows’: An Explanation
Winston on a Low
Winston on a High
The Origin of Winston’s Condition
How Winston Coped with the ‘Black Dog’
How Winston Coped with his Highs
A Diagnosis is Made
Notes
CHAPTER 28 - Winston’s Hypomania and its Dividend
Notes
CHAPTER 29 - Winston’s ‘Dream’
Notes
CHAPTER 30 - Winston’s Children and Grandchildren
Diana (born 1909)
Randolph (born 1911)
Sarah (born 1914)
Mary (born 1922)
Some of Winston’s Grandchildren
Celia Sandys (Diana’s daughter)
Notes
CHAPTER 31 - Declining Years
Notes
CHAPTER 32 - Between ‘Highs’ and ‘Lows’: the ‘Real’ Winston
His love of animals
A man of emotion and sensitivity
A lover of poetry
An appreciation of beauty
A sense of humour
At ‘La Pausa’, being thoroughly ‘spoiled’
God and the Afterlife
Notes
CHAPTER 33 - The Death of Winston
Notes
Epilogue
Appendix - Opinion of Dr John H. Mather as to the cause of Lord Randolph Churchill’s death and the author’s response
Bibliography
Index
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