| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 233 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Gateway -- Preparing for war -- Cruising to a catastrophe -- The station yard -- Knight errant -- The Botha legend -- Into captivity -- The states model school -- Controversy -- Wanted dead or alive -- A soldier again -- A general on Spion Kop -- Into Ladysmith -- A lull in the storm -- Return to Pretoria -- Epilogue: a triumphal progress |
| Summary |
". . . Notable for its depiction of young Churchill, warts and all, as a very human character ..."--New York Times"A bestseller in the UK, this portrait of Winston Churchill, written by his granddaughter, unapologetically presents the future prime minister as an action hero in the Boer War. It's rousing reading. Sandy's affection for her grandfather is obvious, but she shows enough of his grandiosity to maintain a reader's trust. ... Sandys is fully aware of the extent to which her grandfather had a finger to the political winds during his exploits: he sought the lim |
| Notes |
Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
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| SUBJECT |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 fast |
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Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 gnd |
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South African War, 1899-1902 -- Prisoners and prisons, Afrikaner
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Prisoners of war -- South Africa -- Biography
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South African War, 1899-1902 -- Journalists -- Biography
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Journalism
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Journalists
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Prime ministers
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Prisoners of war
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Burenkrieg
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Kriegsberichterstattung
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Great Britain
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South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781623490744 |
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162349074X |
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9781622880744 |
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1622880749 |
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9781461949473 |
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1461949475 |
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