A fresh perspective on Churchill and wartime life through the eyes of the nurse charged with looking after the Prime Minister.In February 1943, when the course of the Second World War hung in the balance, 68-year-old Prime Minister Winston Churchill was stricken with pneumonia. Doris Miles, from St Mary's Hospital in London, was appointed as his private nurse. During her time with Churchill, she wrote regularly to her husband, a Surgeon-Lieutenant with the Royal Navy, about life at the centre of Britain's war effort, and about Churchill himself. With unrivalled intimacy, her observations show a very human and seldom-seen side of the great man and include many amusing anecdotes. She describes with wry humour their arguments and conversations, and life at Downing Street and Chequers.She writes as well of the everyday events that carried on despite the war; weddings and parties, family and friends, births and deaths, and working life at one of London's busiest hospitals. She describes her feelings, her fears and her hopes for the future. This is a poignant and perceptive collection of previously unpublished letters that shows an ordinary person's perspective of Churchill through a crucial period of the war, as well as how the war affected those at home, unfiltered by the lens of history. It is also a love story, from a newly-wed young woman whose husband went to war. This exclusive wartime source is adroitly woven into the wider context of those turbulent times. "This fine World War II narrative . . . is far more than a Churchill book.We cannot begin to describe its riches in a small space. It is well worth the read. It describes two people deeply in love, separated by war, with shrewd observations of life at the top, and at the bottom,amid the blacked-out streets of shattered London. Readers will profit from Jill Rose's exposition of those times." Richard M. Langworth, Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project,author of Winston Churchill: Myth and Reality "I read Nursing Churchill last night; I was originally planning to dip into it, but ended up reading from cover to cover. I love the way the author interweaves Doris's personal narrative with that of Churchill and the wider war effort, and the way in which she brings the period and its characters to life (and there are some great characters in this book.)" - Allen Packwood, Director, Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, author of How Churchill Waged War "When Winston Churchill had severe pneumonia in 1943, Doris Miles was there to nurse him back to health. She wrote regular letters to her husband in the Royal Navy about her experience, with humour, intelligence and acute insight. These letters are of genuine historical importance to anyone interested in Churchill and the Second World War. They provide a fascinating, and occasionally moving, account of wartime Britain, by one of its 'angels'. Supported by the fine scholarship of Doris's daughter, this book reminds us of the good-nature and humanity of the Greatest Briton . . . I heartily recommend it." - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny Supported by historic and social context, the book is both a love story and a window into the way ordinary people experienced what would become world-changing events. - Palm Beach Post Jill Rose was born at St. Mary's Hospital in London and received her B.Sc. degree from University College. She was a computer scientist for many years, and after living in Canada, Washington D.C. and Hawaii, she retired to South Florida with her husband. Jill is the second daughter of Doris and Roger Miles, and she has lovingly and meticulously transcribed their wartime correspondence. The Hon. Emma Soames is the granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill. She is the former editor of the Literary Review , Tatler , and the Telegraph magazine.