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Churchill and Ukraine at Chartwell

mong the thousands of objects on display at Chartwell are many of the books inscribed to Winston Churchill. These consist of gifts from family, friends, colleagues, and acclaimed authors. Churchill valued them so closely that he explicitly referred to them in his will: “All my Medallions, Trophies, which have been presented to me: and other personal souvenirs or trophies.”

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