The Letters in Volume Two reveal the central role Winston Churchill played from 1931 to 1964 in world history. However, Clementine's interest in politics was almost as intense as his. Here, therefore, are their vividly expressed reactions to the Abdication Crisis, the early disasters and then the long awaited victories of the Second World War...
Lord Bellingham, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his passing ... Agatha is introduced to three old-timers Harry Perry, Bunty Daventry and Josephine Merriweather, whilst visiting the Carsley’s allotments. They are lamenting the neglected...