![CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Autograph letter signed to [the author John] Buchan, 41 Cromwell Road, 24 April 1917, 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium; with a telegram to Buchan, 29 February 1916, 'Brother slightly wounded only'. Provenance: by descent from John Buchan -- Sotheby's, 11 December 2003, lot 17.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0251_000(churchill_winston_s_autograph_letter_signed_to_the_author_john_buchan104830).jpg?w=1)
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (1874-1965). Autograph letter signed to [the author John] Buchan, 41 Cromwell Road, 24 April 1917, 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium; with a telegram to Buchan, 29 February 1916, 'Brother slightly wounded only'. Provenance: by descent from John Buchan -- Sotheby's, 11 December 2003, lot 17.
A letter of condolence on the death in action of Buchan's brother 'a v[er]y charming & gallant young officer', remembering Churchill's feelings of relief on hearing he had only been wounded the previous year, and would be returning home safely: 'But this war is remorseless in its prolongation'.
Buchan had recently, on 9 February 1917, been appointed by Lloyd George as director of a new government department of information, charged with propaganda policy; he had published the first two of the thriller novels for which he is remembered, The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle, in 1915 and 1916.
A letter of condolence on the death in action of Buchan's brother 'a v[er]y charming & gallant young officer', remembering Churchill's feelings of relief on hearing he had only been wounded the previous year, and would be returning home safely: 'But this war is remorseless in its prolongation'.
Buchan had recently, on 9 February 1917, been appointed by Lloyd George as director of a new government department of information, charged with propaganda policy; he had published the first two of the thriller novels for which he is remembered, The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle, in 1915 and 1916.
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