Churchill's Hour

  As the old man said himself: ‘One of the most misleading factors in history is the practice of historians to build a story exclusively out of the records which have come down to them.’ Well, I’ve taken Winston at his word. I like to think he wouldn’t have minded.

  MICHAEL DOBBS

  Hanging Langford, July 2004.

  About the Author

  Michael Dobbs has been an academic, a broadcaster, a senior corporate executive and an advisor to two Prime Ministers. He is the author of many novels, including the award-winning House of Cards trilogy. Churchill’s Hour is the third in his series of Winston Churchill novels, the previous two being Winston’s War and Never Surrender. Michael Dobbs lives with his family in Wiltshire.

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  Never Surrender

  THE TOM GOODFELLOWE SERIES

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  The Buddha of Brewer Street

  Whispers of Betrayal

  THE FRANCIS URQUHART TRILOGY

  House of Cards

  To Play the King

  The Final Cut

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  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction.

  Apart from well-known historical figures and events, the names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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