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Churchill's bodyguard / Tom Hickman.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP NF THOM	Large Print		Padstow .	. Available .

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ISBN	1846323347
Name	Hickman, Tom
Title	Churchill's bodyguard / Tom Hickman.
Edition	Large print ed.
Published	Leicester, [England] : Howes : Clipper, 2006.
Description	ix, 387 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes	Cover subtitle: The authorised biography of Walter H. Thompson based on his complete memoirs.
	Includes index.
	First published: Headline, 2005.
Summary	Walter H. Thompson was Churchill's bodyguard from 1921 until 1945, brought back from retirement at the outbreak of war. Tom Hickman's authorised biography draws heavily on extracts from a manuscript recently discovered by his great-niece, in which Thompson gives a unique insider's account of a number of occasions on which Churchill's life was put seriously at risk and his intervention was needed.
Subjects	Thompson, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1890-
	Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965 -- Friends and associates
	Bodyguards -- Great Britain -- Biography
	Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
Genre	Large type books
Series	Clipper large print
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Bodyguards -- Great Britain -- Biography . Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965 -- Friends and associates . Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945 . Large type books . Thompson, W. H. -- (Walter Henry), -- 1890- . Authors: Hickman, Tom . Series: Clipper large print .