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Description edit
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Franklin Roosevelt: Add a description of this character.
- Winston Churchill
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- George VI
- Joseph Stalin
- Adolf Hitler
- Clementine Churchill
- Mary Soames
- Randolph Churchill
- Averell Harriman
- Harry Hopkins
- Kathleen Harriman
- Trude Lash
- Charles Eade
- Mike Reilly
- Joseph Lash
- Joseph Kennedy
- Henry Wallace
- Frances Perkins
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Yalta
- Washington, D.C.
- Tobruk
- Great Britain
- London
- England
- Hyde Park
- Germany
- France
- Dunkirk
- Europe
- Teheran
- Japan
- Italy
- Pacific Ocean
- Russia
- Quebec
- Atlantic Ocean
- Moscow
- North Africa
- Poland
- Berlin
- Cairo
- Newfoundland
- English Channel
- India
- New York
- China
- Marrakech
- Singapore
- Middle East
- Harrow
- Malta
- Greece
- Soviet Union
- Balkans
- Virginia
- Crimea
First Sentence edit
IN THE OPENING hours of a mission to wartime Europe in July 1918, Franklin Roosevelt, then thirty-six and working for the Navy Department, looked over a typewritten "Memorandum For Assistant Secretary" to discover what was in store for him in London.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jon Meacham (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 940.530922
Subjects edit
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( R ) › Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › History › Military › World War II
- Books › History › Europe › England
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Political
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Presidents & Heads of State
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