Hero of the empire the Boer War, a daring escape, and the making of Winston Churchill

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"At age twenty-four, 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 must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban up...

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Military leadership

South African War, 1899-1902 Participation, British

South African War, 1899-1902 Prisoners and prisons, British

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ISBN:

9780804194891

Edition:

First large print edition, PB

Description:

xi, 605 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Pushful, the younger. Death by inches ; The graven palm ; The scion ; Blowing the trumpet
Into Africa. "Send her victorious" ; "We have now gone far enough" ; The blackest of all days ; Land of stone and scrub
Chance. The death trap ; A pity and a blunder ; Into the lion's jaws ; Grim sullen death
Prisoners of war. To submit, to obey, to endure ; "I regret to inform you" ; A city of the dead ; Black week ; A scheme of desperate and magnificent audacity ; "I shall go on alone"
In the heart of enemy's country. Toujours de l'audace ; "To take my leave" ; Alone ; "Wie is daar?" ; An invisible enemy ; The light of hope ; The plan ; The red and the blue

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BD16250081

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2868551

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