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Dinner with Winston Churchill & Aristotle Onassis [15min]

After a ten-year estrangement, journalist James Cameron is summoned by Lord Beaverbrook to Monte Carlo. His curiosity overwhelms his antipathy and he finds himself at dinner with two unexpected guests -- Aristotle Onassis and Sir Winston Churchill. 4th of 5 key moments of the 20th Century, as recorded by Cameron in his memoir Point of Departure (Granta Books, Classics of Reportage Series).
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week"