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The Reincarnation of Winston Churchill
Burdened by a secret of his aboriginal ancestry, Winston Churchill is driven to reveal the truth as death looms.
The storied life of Winston Churchill, Britain’s legendary leader in the war against Nazism, is coming to an end. But Churchill holds a secret, one he is driven to disclose before death.
Could it be that Churchill was descended, through his American mother, from Indigenous people of North America? Few people would believe it, as he well knows. But Churchill’s certainty that he possesses actual ancestral memories from this inheritance gave him the fortitude to stand, almost alone, against Hitler.
As he nears his end, Churchill learns that William Cull, a student from Newfoundland has arrived in London—a descendant and namesake of a notorious frontiersman and alleged persecutor of the Beothuk in the early 1800s.
Churchill summons Cull to his home in London, disrupting the young man’s life, to hear and record the great man’s mystery, in an uncertain race against time.
The storied life of Winston Churchill, Britain’s legendary leader in the war against Nazism, is coming to an end. But Churchill holds a secret, one he is driven to disclose before death.
Could it be that Churchill was descended, through his American mother, from Indigenous people of North America? Few people would believe it, as he well knows. But Churchill’s certainty that he possesses actual ancestral memories from this inheritance gave him the fortitude to stand, almost alone, against Hitler.
As he nears his end, Churchill learns that William Cull, a student from Newfoundland has arrived in London—a descendant and namesake of a notorious frontiersman and alleged persecutor of the Beothuk in the early 1800s.
Churchill summons Cull to his home in London, disrupting the young man’s life, to hear and record the great man’s mystery, in an uncertain race against time.
360 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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Bill Rowe
18 books7 followersWilliam Neil "Bill" Rowe, QC is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is married to Penelope Ayre Rowe of St. John's, who is a member of the Order of Canada. They have a son, Dorian, a daughter, Toby, and three grandchildren.
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April 10, 2023
Finished but not finished. While the premise of this book was interesting, Winston Churchill's possible indigenous heritage, I wish Bill Rowe had found a better device to tell the story of the slaughter of Newfoundland's Beothuk people. Churchill is telling the story to a young man from Newfoundland who is attending Cambridge but the story just seems to run on and on. The parallel story of young William Cull's experiences at Cambridge (he is befriended by Jeffrey Archer for example) and his time with Churchill weren't elaborated on enough.
I didn't finish it. Maybe I'll pick it up again in the future but for now I'm done.
I didn't finish it. Maybe I'll pick it up again in the future but for now I'm done.
Displaying 1 of 1 review