MOVING CHURCHILL #11: OUR FAREWELL EVENT – Thank You
Thank you for joining us for our Farewell Event here at Park Avenue Plaza on May 14, preparatory to our move this summer. The proceedings were recorded live for the International Churchill Society podcast, “The End of the Beginning,” featuring a champagne conversation with our proprietor Barry Singer and I.C.S. Executive Director, Dr. Adam Howard.
There was much to discuss…
We will share the podcast soon.
Meantime, a couple of fine paperback SALE books:
QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS IN HISTORY: CHURCHILL
By Samantha Heywood
Price: $35 / Sale: $15
THE SPIRIT OF CHURCHILL
By: Deborah Davis Brezina
Price: $19.95 / Sale: $10
MOVING CHURCHILL
We will continue to share updates weekly.
Plus more special sale books.
(Winston Churchill moved some 20 times in his adult life. We are also sharing each of these.
One-by-one. Just for the record.)
Move #11
CHARTWELL
Winston Churchill was first shown Chartwell Manor in July 1921 — a derelict redbrick edifice of Elizabethan origin, with little charm but magnificent views overlooking the rolling Weald of Kent. Churchill instantly fell in love with Chartwell’s panoramic placement, but the asking price proved too steep. Five days after the birth of his daughter, Mary, in September 1922, Churchill made a new offer of £5,000 for the house and its eighty acres, without telling his wife, Clementine. On September 24, 1922, this offer was accepted. Churchill’s daughter Sarah later remembered her father driving the three eldest children from Sussex Square to look at Chartwell so they could tell him what they thought of the place — though he had, in fact, already secretly bought it.
Much more to come.
With our thanks and best wishes,
Chartwell Booksellers