Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

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“A thrilling account…. This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one.” —New York Times Critic Jennifer Senior’s Top Ten Books of 2016

On the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill used to be utterly convinced it used to be his destiny to turn into prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill used to be taken prisoner.  Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape—traversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, by myself, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him.
    Bestselling creator Candice Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi—with whom Churchill would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an unusual adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly impact twentieth century history.
An Amazon Best Book of September 2016: It must come as no surprise that Winston Churchill used to be an ambitious, young go-getter long before he became Sir Winston Churchill—but you may well be surprised by how interesting his young life used to be. The son of Lord Randolph Churchill—who ascended to the position of leader of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer before dying On the age of forty five—Winston Churchill set off as a young man to find glory at the battlefield, with an eye toward in the end emulating his father’s success in politics. The young Winston played a part in four wars on three different continents, the last of which used to be the Boer War. His experience as a prisoner in that war is the jumping off point of this book, and creator Millard puts her narrative gifts to work as she describes his harrowing escape, setting the man in his time, and illustrating the man to describe his times. – Chris Schluep, The Amazon Book Review

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