{"product_id":"secrets-of-churchills-war-rooms-compact-edition","title":"Secrets of Churchill's War Rooms: Compact Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn May 10, 1940, Britain's new prime minister strode purposefully down to the basement of an anonymous government building and entered a top secret command center. \"This,\" growled Winston Churchill, \"is the room from which I will run the war.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the war's end, Churchill and his colleagues left the chamber and locked the door behind them--and there the War Rooms remained, untouched and little known, until the early 1980s. Today, those historic chambers are on display as the Churchill War Rooms exhibit. In \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Churchill's War Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e, you can go behind the glass partitions that separate the War Rooms from the visiting public, closer than ever before to where Churchill not only ran the war--but won it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith up-close photography of details in every room and access to sights unavailable on a simple tour of Churchill War Rooms, the book provides are views that few people in the world have ever seen. Go behind closed doors to sit at Churchill's desk, open up long-abandoned drawers, and sift through seventy-year-old papers. See the anxious scratches on the arms of Sir Winston's chair, pick up the phone that he used to speak to the president of the United States, and examine the map that loomed over his bed as he took his famous afternoon naps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding more than two hundred detailed images and firsthand memories of Churchill as a leader, boss, father, husband, and man, \u003ci\u003eSecrets of Churchill's War Room\u003c\/i\u003es tells the fascinating story of the work carried out in these underground offices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e History, Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781912423149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.18","offer_id":47919120875697,"sku":"SB-1912423146-C3","price":2.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1912423146.jpg?v=1789531011","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/secrets-of-churchills-war-rooms-compact-edition","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}