Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01J6GNLB8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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From New York Times best-selling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War.At age 24 Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal, he had to do something spectacular on the battlefield. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, there to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. The story of his escape is incredible enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles, and ultimately lib
"Toujours l'Audace!" Not always a good idea, but for Churchill a great motto for life! Richard S. Dixon Jr. Although I have never been a big fan of Winston Churchill (I remember watching his funeral when I was a young boy), I have always been fascinated by the famous photograph of Churchill in a POW line-up in Pretoria in 1899. When I worked in Pretoria in the 1980s, my route into town always stopped at the intersection of Skinner and van der Walt streets and the Staatsmodel School where Churchill was held stared back at me like a historical ghost amid the modern buildings and tra. MaryG said Unusual and recommended. I heard Candice Millard being interviewed on NPR and was so interested that I bought her book. I wasn't disappointed. Hero of the Empire is an easy read—that is, it held my attention throughout. But the surprise for me was learning about this conflict with the Boers. I knew virtually nothing about them or their history. Nor did I know anything about this period in Churchill's life. The author has done a remarkable job of presenting Churchill in the making, warts and al. AnaBH said Another biography told like a thrilling adventure!. My husband and I loved her other two books, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey and Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, so it was with anticipation that I opened this one. True to form, the author grabbed me from the first paragraph in the prologue, making me forget about the world around me or the affairs of the day. I was there, in South Africa, and a war I had never studied, with all of the implications