CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). A correspondence of 11 typed letters signed (“Winston Churchill”) to George Roland Gordon ALLEN (1891-1980), London, 1947-1963. [ With :] Allen’s outgoing carbons (some including carbon or holograph notes, occasionally annotated, on various chapters), related correspondence from Emery Reves, A. Donald Mckintosh, and others. Approximately 70 items, Churchill’s letters consist of 12 pages total, various sizes, 180 x 112mm to 330 x 203mm. “I am very glad that you will help me in the naval aspect of my War Memoirs and that you will give me your full-time service. As I told you this work will, if I live, probably be appearing off and on in serial for from the beginning of 1948 for nearly four years.” A detailed look inside the writing and prepublication vetting of Winston Churchill’s sprawling six-volume The Second World War , first published between 1948 and 1953 with the aid of a syndicate of experts that included Commodore G.R.G. Allen, a naval officer since 1911 who had served at the battle of Jutland (1916) and later as Officer-in-Charge of the naval landings in Algeria. The correspondence reveals the collaborative aspect of the work; Churchill’s letters frequently accompany proposed edits from advisers and request Allen to weigh in or else thank him for his feedback. Several items relate to the 12 June 1943 surrender of Lampedusa, including Allen’s outgoing carbon which quotes a problematic passage in Churchill’s text, suggests a correction, and encloses supporting documents. Churchill promptly replies on 25 February 1956, “I am much obliged to you for bringing this error to my notice. I have read the letter from the Italian officer and the British Admiralty account of the episode, and agree that the passage in question should read [as you suggest].” Carbon notes present relate to chapters including “Preparation for the Overlord,” “At the White House Again,” “The German Surrender,” “The Final Defeat of the U-Boats.” The Second World War was a commercial success and secured for Churchill the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature.
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). A correspondence of 11 typed letters signed (“Winston Churchill”) to George Roland Gordon ALLEN (1891-1980), London, 1947-1963. [ With :] Allen’s outgoing carbons (some including carbon or holograph notes, occasionally annotated, on various chapters), related correspondence from Emery Reves, A. Donald Mckintosh, and others. Approximately 70 items, Churchill’s letters consist of 12 pages total, various sizes, 180 x 112mm to 330 x 203mm. “I am very glad that you will help me in the naval aspect of my War Memoirs and that you will give me your full-time service. As I told you this work will, if I live, probably be appearing off and on in serial for from the beginning of 1948 for nearly four years.” A detailed look inside the writing and prepublication vetting of Winston Churchill’s sprawling six-volume The Second World War , first published between 1948 and 1953 with the aid of a syndicate of experts that included Commodore G.R.G. Allen, a naval officer since 1911 who had served at the battle of Jutland (1916) and later as Officer-in-Charge of the naval landings in Algeria. The correspondence reveals the collaborative aspect of the work; Churchill’s letters frequently accompany proposed edits from advisers and request Allen to weigh in or else thank him for his feedback. Several items relate to the 12 June 1943 surrender of Lampedusa, including Allen’s outgoing carbon which quotes a problematic passage in Churchill’s text, suggests a correction, and encloses supporting documents. Churchill promptly replies on 25 February 1956, “I am much obliged to you for bringing this error to my notice. I have read the letter from the Italian officer and the British Admiralty account of the episode, and agree that the passage in question should read [as you suggest].” Carbon notes present relate to chapters including “Preparation for the Overlord,” “At the White House Again,” “The German Surrender,” “The Final Defeat of the U-Boats.” The Second World War was a commercial success and secured for Churchill the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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