Sublime

house, he beat his native butler to death and narrowly escaped a capital sentence.

Randolph joined a parachute detachment of the Special Air Service (SAS) formed by Major David Stirling to fight behind enemy lines in the Western Desert.

Harris negotiated an £8,000 advance (between £400,000 and £500,000 at today’s prices) from Macmillans, with whom Churchill had not hitherto published. Furthermore, after Macmillans had earned £4,000 of profit, all further profits were to be split equally between publisher and author.