![]() ![]() The national governments of the early 1930s were also not friends to Churchill, who found himself marginalised as they marched unknowingly toward war. He became notorious for his stance on the Gold Standard, his ill-fated attempt to defeat the Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli, and even mooting the idea of using live ammunition against striking Welsh miners. In what little spare time he had, Churchill was also an accomplished historian, writer and amateur artist.Ī divisive figure in the governments of the 1920s, his actions as Chancellor and during the General Strike discredited him in the eyes of many working class Britons. Having served as a soldier, journalist and cabinet minister by the end of the First World War, in politics he was a serial rebel – defecting from the Conservative Party, to the Liberals, and back again. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill led one of the most extraordinary lives of the first half of the 20th century. 1940-1942 The King of Clubs Winston Churchill Conservative (leading Wartime Coalition) The martyr who saw Britain through her darkest hour ![]() While many characters and organisations contained in it are based on real people and groups, the authors wish to make clear that they in no way mean for this story to suggest that its events are in any way a reflection of reality. Shuffling the Deck Tom Black and Jack Tindale This is a work of fiction. ![]()
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