First Edition 1940 with dust jacket. In excellent condition. See photos. Miniver is a fictional character created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns for The Times, later adapted into a film of the same name. "Miniver was obviously a propaganda film.” British prime minister Winston Churchill called the movie “more powerful to the war effort than the combined work of six military divisions” in boosting U.S. support for his Blitz-weary nation. [Mrs. Miniver] shows the destiny of a family during the current war, and its refined powerful propagandistic tendency has up to now only been dreamed of.