Mr. Chartwell

the long version

"It’s July, 1964. In Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There’s a visitor in the room, someone he hasn’t seen for a while, watching him with tortured concentration. It’s Mr Chartwell. In Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, goes to answer the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette the size of a mattress. It’s Mr Chartwell. Mr Chartwell is charismatic and dangerously seductive, and Esther and Churchill are drawn together by his dark influence. But can they withstand his powerful charms and strong hold? For Mr Chartwell is a huge, black dog..."--Publisher description.