Churchill and Me by Jonathan Dudley

Churchill and Me (Kindle Single)

A touching portrait of Winston Churchill, seen through the eyes of a young boy.

Four years after the end of the Second World War, eight-year-old Jonathan Dudley finds himself sharing a desk with another boy, Winston, at his London school. Winston invites Jonathan to spend the holidays at the Kent home of his beloved grandfather—none other than the great Sir Winston Churchill.

Over sixty years later, Jonathan recalls, through the eyes of a child, the two glorious summers he spent as the guest of the former prime minister and war leader, meeting great personages, becoming accustomed to a different set of manners and conventions and developing a friendship with both young Winston and his grandparents.

The result is a touching memoir—funny, sad, exuberant and poignant—that paints an evocative and original sketch of Winston and Clementine Churchill as they’ve never been seen before.

Revised edition: Previously published as Winston, Churchill, and Me: Childhood Memories of Summers with the Churchills, this edition of Churchill and Me includes editorial revisions.