dare2smile t1_itdytq4 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 10:32 PM

Reply to comment by PolyPanFemme in TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity. by OneLastConquest

I actually bought a vintage copy of Richard Carvel because I thought it was written by the Prime Minister. I didn’t realize there was another!

PolyPanFemme t1_itf3zqq wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:14 AM

That's both hilarious and totally understandable. I didn't know there were two of them until well past school age. I spent a lot of my childhood wondering how an American author became British Prime Minister...