sonia purnell is a political reporter and an author of just borris.er work has appeared in the guardian, telegraph and the economist, tonight at harvard bookstore he joins us to present her new book clementine, the life of mrs. winston churchill. victory in world war ii would have been impossible without her . she guided her husband's career and phrases both scrupulous and fair minded, has done proud of the strong wills an ambition woman who churchill's political career would have been a washout. we are very happy to welcome the author

are very happy to welcome the author to harvard bookstore tonight, please join me in welcoming sonia purnell. >> thank you very much. sorry about the technical problems. it's wonderful to be in harvard. when i told my kids i was coming here, that was one of the few times they thought about doing something very cool. it's good to be here. talking about universities, c clementine. she picked up very honorary degrees as well including one for oxnard university. the power to achieve and per persevere. only hinted at just a little bit of how important and crucial she had been. churchill's own chief of staff, but saw her work and during the war, desperate times for fighting for survival and concluded that without any doubt, that without clementine the world would have been different. what seems to be very strange to me when i came to the book was that no one remembers clementine now. she's really not known anymore. when i didn't have anything better anymore, all well educated, knowledgeable women of the world, i said who is this woman, one got even close to knowing who she was. who was she? she's