This volume concentrates on his most intimate words. It seeks to show the private man behind the public figure and introduce fresh light on Churchill's character and personality by capturing the drama, immediacy, stories, passions and challenges of his extraordinary career. These letters take us deep into his world, allowing us to follow the changes in his motivations and beliefs as he navigates his 90 years. There are intimate letters to his parents, his teacher at Harrow, his wife Clementine, Prime Minister Asquith, Lord Northcliffe, Anthony Eden, President Roosevelt, Éamon De Valera, the French Socialist Prime Minister Léon Blum and Charles de Gaulle. Enhanced by facsimiles and images which appear throughout the book, these letters will help the reader to envisage a sense of Churchill in his most private moments.