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Word: churchilliana (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Addicts of Churchilliana will read this valet's valedictory for bits of backstage gossip like this, yet the book is more than just another footnote to the Churchill legend. It stands in its own right as a comedy of character. On foreign travel Norman hardly ever went to hear the guv'nor's speeches-he heard enough of his master's voice as it was. Yet Churchill always gravely consulted the young man after a speech: "I thought it went rather well, didn't you?" Invariably, Norman would answer, "Yes sir, very well indeed." Norman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beloved Guv'nor | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

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