A superb guide through the rooms and gardens of Chartwell, the home of one of the greatest statesman of the twentieth century, Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill adored Chartwell, a Victorian house with stunning views over the Weald of Kent which he bought in 1922, and which was to remain his cherished home for 40 years. Churchill s youngest daughter, Mary, was born in the week the family bought the house, and for the next 17 years she lived at Chartwell, watching her father live out the career which led to him becoming wartime Prime Minister in 1940. To present this intimate souvenir, Lady Soames returns to the rooms in which so many momentous decisions of her father s life were made - the study, where Churchill wrote his influential books and speeches; the dining-room, where he entertained some of the most famous politicians, artists and celebrities of the century; and the studio and gardens, where he escaped to reflect on the great issues of the day. Also featured are scenes from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, where Churchill was born, and near which he was buried after his death in 1965.