Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill

by Sonia Purnell

We are going to have luncheon.” General Sir Frederick Pile, chief of Anti-Aircraft Command, witnessed her mediation skills on many such an occasion and recalled that “she bossed him—but in the most delightful way—with great affection and with the deepest understanding of his nature.” “I was always amazed,” he said, “that this great man could be led along like a sheep by her whenever she thought it necessary.”