Franklin and Winston: an intimate portrait of an epic friendship

A fortunate friendship

pt. 1. In God's good time: beginnings to late fall 1941. 1. Two lions roaring at the same time : A disappointing early encounter ; Their lives down the years ; The coming of World War II

2. Those bloody Yankees : Roosevelt's letter of September 11 ; Churchill's anguished pleas for help ; An elusive America ; Britain alone

3. Jesus Christ! What a man! A mission to London ; Churchill courts Hopkins ; "Sail on, o ship of state"

4. Lunching alone broke the ice. A secret meeting at sea ; Churchill and Roosevelt hit it off ; America enters the war

pt. 2. Getting on famously: winter 1941 to late summer 1943. 5. A couple of emperors : A White House holiday ; Churchill's heart scare ; An embarrassing telephone call

6. I think of you often : Churchill faces a storm at home ; Family dramas ; Roosevelt comforts Churchill ; A Sunday morning in the Oval Study

7. You may kiss my hand : Eleanor Roosevelt calls on the Churchills ; Rendezvous at Casablanca ; A sunset at the pinnacle

8. I know he means to meet Stalin : A letter from Lucy Rutherfurd ; Roosevelt's secret overture to Moscow ; Fishing at Shangri-la ; A moonlit drive

pt. 3. The chill of autumn: fall 1943 to the end. 9. I had to do something desperate : A makeshift Thanksgiving ; Tough times in Teheran ; Roosevelt turns on Churchill

10. The hour was now striking : Both men battle their mortality ; Tension and triumph on D-Day ; A fight over the next front

11. Life is not very easy : Churchill worries about Roosevelt's reelection ; Stalin and Churchill in Moscow ; Roosevelt's global vision ; "It's in the bag"

12. I saw WSC to say goodbye : The meeting at Yalta ; Roosevelt and Churchill part ; A "lovers' quarrel" ; The president goes to Warm Springs

13. You know how this will hit me : The last letters ; "I had a true affection for Franklin" ; Churchill in winter

Them's my sentiments exactly

Appendix: Their days and nights: a summary of the Roosevelt-Churchill meetings, 1941-1945.