Elliot Clark HISTORIAN

British Political and social Historian

Dr Elliot Clark is a British Political and Social Historian with a PhD in History from the University of Plymouth.

‘Clark’s research into the life and family of Winston Churchill is ground-breaking and transformative, taking us behind the historical and public facade to the inner worlds of his family life and closest relationships. ‘ – Dr. Harry Bennett, University of Plymouth

Blog Posts

  • REVIEW: ‘The Antagonists Who Saved Democracy’

    Alan Saltman, Chamberlain and Churchill: The Antagonists Who Saved Democracy (United States: WG Hobart Publishers, 2025). ‘Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill between them saved the country. Neither statesman would have achieved our salvation without the other,’ Conservative MP Patrick Donner once commented. With this new study, Alan Saltman explores the relationship between Chamberlain and Churchill

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  • REVIEW: ‘Churchill’s D-Day’

    Richard Dannatt, Allen Packwood, Churchill’s D-Day: The Inside Story (London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 2024). Stripping back the layers of hindsight, Richard Dannatt and Allen Packwood provide a fascinating insight into Winston Churchill’s vital role in the planning, preparations, and execution of D-Day, 6 June 1944, codenamed Operation Overlord. Much of the modern history produced

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  • REVIEW: ‘Churchill’s Citadel’

    Katherine Carter, Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm (London: Yale University Press, 2024) RRP: £20.00. Despite the many studies on the life and times of Sir Winston Churchill, Katherine Carter demonstrates with this fascinating new book that there is still much to explore about the life of Britain’s greatest statesman. In this

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