GBS wired Winston: Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend—if you have one. Churchill wired back: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second—if there is one.61
William Manchester
GBS wired Winston: Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend—if you have one. Churchill wired back: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second—if there is one.61
William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.
