A Thread In The Tapestry

by Sarah Churchill

A Thread in the Tapestry

Genres: Biography, Autobiography

102 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley (née Spencer-Churchill (7 October 1914 – 24 September 1982), was an English actress and dancer and a daughter of Winston Churchill.

Sarah Churchill is best known for her role in the film Royal Wedding (1951) as Anne Ashmond, the romantic interest of Fred Astaire.

Reviews

[Mikey B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nicely written eulogy of the author’s father, Winston Churchill. It follows the funeral procession, but it is interspersed with comments on the life and upbringing she had with her awe-inspiring father. She mentions several anecdotes of life at Chartwell – one can sense that dinners and the guests were an occasion quite different from “normal” families.

Sarah Churchill also brings up the journeys to Teheran and Yalta. She makes it plain the incredible distance that Stalin’s two allies had to travel in order to arrive there.

This is a short book of one hundred pages and interesting if one is enthralled with Churchill and the era.

One nice bit of conversation captured: some one remarked to Churchill “But you can’t possibly say that!” Winston’s response – “I can think anything. What I do is, of course, a different matter!”

(I did not listen to this audio version, but read the actual book)

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a short book…but her thoughts made me read it again and more slowly. She told the story as she followed her father’s funeral procession to St Paul’s Cathedral. This was no ordinary man….her impressions and memories were down to earth and simple. Nothing dramatic or syrupy…a very thoughtful tribute.

She told snippets of family life and friends of the family, who happened to be famous. They were personal stories, many comical, some poignant, some witty.

My favorite anecdote was about Winston’s strong view about the animals on his farm (which was a non-working farm), no animal could be slaughtered once he said “Good morning” to it.

I wish I could be more eloquent…!

[Richard Shepard · Rating 3 out of 5]

In essence, this is a daughter's loving eulogy for her famous father. Ms. Churchill does a wonderful job recalling various images of Churchill the family man and Churchill the human being. Nonetheless, students of history, who really want to know Churchill the national leader, should look to Churchill's own writings or to the many biographies written about him.

[Natalie Print · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this personal and intimate reflection on Winston, and Clementine, Churchill from one of their daughter's perspectives. An interesting and readable account, which gives unique insight into Winston and Clementine's lives "behind closed doors".

[Lawanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard copy from L A Library

[Penny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book about Sarah Churchill's memories of her father Winston Churchill