Have the Hillsdale editions of the Churchill documents been published in the U.K.?

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andy macbrayne

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Jan 10, 2020, 4:46:29 PM1/10/20
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Good evening everyone,

I was taking a look at the British Library catalogue, hoping to read out some books on Churchill at some point. To my disappointment it appeared that the “Churchill Documents” published by Hillsdale College Press were not there. There are a few companion volumes to the official biography but none of the recent ones (e.g. none of the volumes co-edited by Larry P. Arnn were there, according to the online catalogue). As the British Library is a legal deposit library I wondered if perhaps the “Churchill Documents” had not yet been published in the U.K.

Can anyone shed light on this?

Andy


Director, Churchill Archives Centre

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Jan 11, 2020, 3:39:00 AM1/11/20
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Dear Andy,

I am not sure they have been published in the UK but they are certainly available for consultation by appointment at the Churchill Archives Centre (though are closed for building work till 7 Feb).

Best wishes,

Allen
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Antoine Capet

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Jan 11, 2020, 4:42:22 AM1/11/20
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Dear All,

Apparently the latest - and last - in the series, N°23, now published, is
not yet available from Amazon UK, but all the others, up to N°22 (at a
bargain price !), are :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=churchill+documents&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

If you want to consult rather than buy, the COPAC catalogue of all UK
academic libraries will tell you which volumes are available in a library
near your home :

https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?author=&title=Churchill+Documents&publisher=&publisher-place=&isn=&date=&subject=&map-scale=&keyword=

With all best wishes,

Antoine CAPET, FRHistS
Professor emeritus of British Studies
University of Rouen
76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan
France
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'Britain since 1914' Section Editor
Royal Historical Society Bibliography

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Liam McLoughlin

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Jan 12, 2020, 3:47:46 PM1/12/20
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Dear All

Some years ago I asked the Churchill group if they knew what became of Roy Howells after Churchill's death. Nobody seemed to know much about him.Are we any more enlightened now?
Curiously, he seems to have disappeared from history.He was born in 1928 so might still be with us.
Regards
T.McLoughlin



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Richard Langworth

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Jan 14, 2020, 1:13:04 PM1/14/20
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 Andy,

The Churchill Documents through Volume 22 (1945-51) are available on Amazon UK, and #22 is nicely priced at £30.64. I expect they will list the final Volume 23 when their supply arrives. 

See:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=The+Churchill+Documents%2C+gilbert&ref=nb_sb_noss



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Best wishes

Richard Langworth CBE
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 Churchill Project
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
Eleuthera, Bahamas (Jan-March) 242-336-0615/ 464-0556
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Antoine Capet

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Jan 16, 2020, 10:07:23 AM1/16/20
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Dear All,
 
I received my copy of the final volume in The Churchill Documents (# 23) this morning.
 
When I first started to get interested in the OB, the ‘Companions’ stopped with vol. V, in 1939, and I never thought I would see the completion of the series : we can  all congratulate the Hillsdale team for its dedication and efficiency. A stupendous achievement !
 
Now that I have the complete series, I have been able to update the recap which I sent some time ago. See below.
 
I hope it will be helpful.
 
With all best wishes,
 
Antoine CAPET, FRHistS
Professor emeritus of British Studies
University of Rouen
76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan
France
 
'Britain since 1914' Section Editor
Royal Historical Society Bibliography
 
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THE ‘OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY’

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL

1966-2019

 

Volume I. Winston S. Churchill : Youth, 1874-1900, by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1966.

xxxvi, 608 p., [32] p. of plates ; ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; index ; 24 cm.

[+Two ‘Companions’ infra]

 

Volume II. Winston S. Churchill : Young Statesman,1901-1914, by Randolph S. Churchill.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1967.

xxix, 775 p, [33] p. of plates ; ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; index; 24 cm.

[+Three ‘Companions’ infra]

 

Volume III. Winston S. Churchill : The Challenge of War, 1914-1916, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1971.

xxxvii, 988 p. [33] p. plates ; ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; index ; 24 cm

[+Two ‘Companions’ infra]

 

Volume IV. Winston S. Churchill : World in Torment, 1916-1922, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (The Stricken World. Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1975.

xvi, 967 p., [1] leaf of plate, [32] p. of plates ; ill., maps, ports ; index ;  24 cm.

[+Three ‘Companions’ infra]

 

Volume V. Winston S. Churchill : The Prophet of Truth, 1922-1939, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1976.

xxvii, 1167 p., [1] leaf of plates, [32] p. of plates ; ill., ports. ; index ; 24 cm.

[+Three ‘Companions’ infra]

 

Volume VI. Winston S. Churchill : Finest Hour, 1939-1941, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1983.

xx, 1308 p., [25] p. of plates ; ill., ports. ; index ; 24 cm.

[+Three ‘Churchill War Papers’ volumes infra]

 

Volume VII. Winston S. Churchill : Road to Victory, 1941-1945, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heineman (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1986.

xx, 1417p., [24] p. of plates ; ill., maps, ports. ; index ; 24 cm.

[+Five ‘Churchill Documents’ volumes infra]

 

Volume VIII. Winston S. Churchill : Never Despair, 1945-1965, by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1988.

xxvii, 1438 p, [24] p. of plates ; ill, maps, ports ; index ; 24 cm.

[+Two ‘Churchill Documents’ volumes infra]

 

NB 1: All these titles have been reissued with the same pagination by the Hillsdale College Press, Hillsdale (Michigan). Also available in electronic format.

 

 NB 2: The London : Minerva, 1989-1991 paperback reissues have been omitted.

 

 

 

COMPANIONS, WAR PAPERS & DOCUMENT VOLUMES

 

C The numbers in square brackets [N°x] refer to the full Hillsdale College Press The Churchill Documents reissues (with the same pagination) [N°1-16] or new volumes [N°17-23].

 

 

For Volume I (Two ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°1] Winston S. Churchill. Volume I : Companion. Part 1 : 1874-1896. (Edited) by Randolph S. Churchill. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1967.

xxi, 678 p. ; 24 cm.

[N°2] Winston S. Churchill. Volume I : Companion. Part 2 : 1896-1900. (Edited) by Randolph S. Churchill. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1967.

[6], 611 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume II (Three ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°3] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 1 : 1901-1907. (Edited) by Randolph S. Churchill. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1969.

xxix, 675 p. ; 24 cm.

[N°4] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 2 : 1907-1911. (Edited) by Randolph S. Churchill. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1969.

vii, 697 p. ; 24 cm.

[N°5] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 3 : 1911-1914. (Edited) by Randolph S. Churchill. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1969.

vii, 776 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume III (Two ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°6] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 1 : Documents, July 1914-April 1915. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1972.

xi, 838 p. ; 24 cm.

[N°7] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 1 : Documents, May 1915-December 1916. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1972.

vi, 847 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume IV (Three ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°8] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 1 : Documents, January 1917-June 1919. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

xxiii, 720p ; maps ; 24 cm.

[N°9] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 2 : Documents, July 1919-March 1921. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heineman (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

[5], 705 p ; maps ; 24 cm.

[N°10] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 3 : Documents, April 1921-November 1922. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

[5], 738 p ; maps ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume V (Three ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°11] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 1 : Documents : The Exchequer Years, 1922-1929. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1979.

xxii, 1504 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°12] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 2 : Documents : The Wilderness Years, 1929-1935. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1981.

xviii, 1404 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°13] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 3 : Documents : The Coming of War, 1936-1939. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1982.

xviii, 1404 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume VI (Three ‘Churchill War Papers’ volumes) :

 

[N°14] The Churchill War Papers. Volume 1 : At the Admiralty, September 1939-May 1940. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (New York : W.W. Norton), 1993.

xx, 1370 p. ; 1 facsim., maps ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°15] The Churchill War Papers. Volume 2 : Never Surrender, May 1940-December 1940. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (New York : W.W. Norton), 1994.

xxxii, 1359 p. ; ill., facsims., maps ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°16] The Churchill War Papers. Volume 3 : The Ever-Widening War, 1941. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert.

London : Heinemann (New York : W.W. Norton), 2000.

lxiv, 1821 p. ; ill., maps ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume VII (Five ‘Churchill Documents’ volumes) :

 

[N°17] The Churchill Documents. Volume 17 : Testing Times, 1942. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. Foreword by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2014.

xxxii, 1652 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°18] The Churchill Documents. Volume 18 : One Continent Redeemed, January-August 1943. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2015.

xxii, 2471 p. ; facsims. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°19] The Churchill Documents. Volume 19 : Fateful Questions, September 1943 to April 1944. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert and by Larry P. Ann. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2017.

xxiii, 2728 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°20] The Churchill Documents. Volume 20 : Normandy and Beyond, May-December 1944. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert and by Larry P. Ann. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2018.

xxii, 2576 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°21] The Churchill Documents. Volume 21 : The Shadows of Victory, January-July 1945. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert and by Larry P. Ann. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2018.

xxx, 2149 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume VIII (Two ‘Churchill Documents’ volumes) :

 

[N°22] The Churchill Documents. Volume 22 : Leader of the Opposition, August 1945 to October 1951. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert and by Larry P. Ann. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2019.

xli, 2328 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°23] The Churchill Documents. Volume 23 : Never Flinch, Never Weary, November 1951 to February 1965. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert and by Larry P. Ann. Preface by Larry P. Ann.

Hillsdale (Michigan) : Hillsdale College Press, 2019.

xxxix, 2488 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

Cita Stelzer

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Thank you, thank you!
Most useful.
Cita

 

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Sorry – I went too fast.
 
Here is the correct version :

[N°7] Winston S. Churchill. Volume II : Companion. Part 2 : Documents, May 1915-December 1916. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1972.

vi, 847 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume IV (Three ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°8] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 1 : Documents, January 1917-June 1919. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

xxiii, 720p ; maps ; 24 cm.

[N°9] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 2 : Documents, July 1919-March 1921. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heineman (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

[5], 705 p ; maps ; 24 cm.

[N°10] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 3 : Documents, April 1921-November 1922. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1977.

[5], 738 p ; maps ; index ; 24 cm.

 

For Volume V (Three ‘Companions’) :

 

[N°11] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 1 : Documents : The Exchequer Years, 1922-1929. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1979.

xxii, 1504 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°12] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 2 : Documents : The Wilderness Years, 1929-1935. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1981.

xviii, 1404 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

[N°13] Winston S. Churchill. Volume IV : Companion. Part 3 : Documents : The Coming of War, 1936-1939. (Edited) by Martin Gilbert. London : Heinemann (Boston : Houghton Mifflin), 1982.

xx, 1684 p. ; index ; 24 cm.

Arif Zaman

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Hillsdale advise:-

Academic institutions and public libraries can now subscribe to the official biography and document volume eBook series via Bloomsbury Collections. Unfortunately, individuals still cannot access or purchase the document volume eBooks. Hillsdale will be able to sell them as soon as their digital infrastructure is updated or rebuilt so as to support an online store that sells digital products like eBooks. Their IT team are working on a solution.

Arif Zaman

Richard Langworth

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Jan 18, 2020, 9:41:17 AM1/18/20
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Here is Martin Gilbert in 1989, reflecting on completing Narrative Volume 8 Never Despair, as we now complete the Churchill Documents Volume 23, Never Flinch, Never Weary:

Liam McLoughlin

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Jan 24, 2020, 3:59:16 PM1/24/20
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Dear All

I seem to be having absolutely no luck in trying to discover the fate of Roy Howells, Churchill's nurse and valet from 1958-1965.I am curious that nobody seems to know anything about him.On a recent visit to Chartwell, even the guides showing the public around claimed to have never even heard of him !! Very strange I thought as Howells was an integral part of Churchill's household for several years.I wonder why he seems to have disappeared from history.As he was born in 1928 it is possible that he may still be alive.

Regards

Dr Liam McLoughlin

David Riddle

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Jan 27, 2020, 3:27:52 PM1/27/20
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Liam..

I used to be a House Steward at Chartwell and did a fair bit of research on Churchill and Chartwell for a Project over about three years. I have to say that the name of Roy Howells never came up during that time .

However a basic Google search reveals that the gentleman concerned actually wrote a book... called ‘Simply Churchill’..

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/simply-churchill/author/howells-roy/

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Liam McLoughlin

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Jan 27, 2020, 4:48:14 PM1/27/20
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Dear David

Many thanks.

Howells's book is relatively well known to those who have studied Churchill's later life.However apart from a review in Time magazine when it was first published I think I am right in saying that the book has never been the subject of a critical review or indeed the veracity of all its content confirmed.The book did not run to a second edition either here or in the USA the reasons for which are not obvious.
Interestingly the copyright of the book is lodged in the name of Ronald G Howells not "Roy".

Howells was born in Haverford West in 1928 and might possibly still be with us.

It would be fascinating if he were to come forward.

Regards

Liam

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