Katherine Carter

A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis. In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Winston Churchill found himself out of government and with little power. In these years, Chartwell, his country home in Kent, became the headquarters of his campaign against Nazi Germany. He invited trusted advisors and informantswhocould strengthen his hand as he worked tirelessly to sound the alarm ofthe prospect of war.

Katherine Carter tells the extraordinary story of the remarkable but little known meetings that took place behind closed doors at Chartwell. From household names to political leaders, diplomats to spies, Carter reveals a fascinating cast of characters, each of whom made their mark on Churchill’s thinking and political strategy. With Chartwell as his base, Churchill gathered intelligence about Germany’s preparations for war—and, in doing so, put himself in a position to change the course of history. Meetings discussed in the book include, but are not limited to

-Albert Einstein

-T.E. Lawrence (‘Lawrence of Arabia’)

-Harold Macmillan

-Joseph P. Kennedy

Churchill’s Citadel completely changes how Winston Churchill’s pre-war years should be seen, and this is the first dedicated book about his time at Chartwell in the1930s.