Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures Of A Young War Correspondent

Author: Simon Read

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  • : $19.95 AUD
  • : 9780306823817
  • : Hachette Books
  • : Da Capo Press Inc
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  • : October 2015
  • : 229mm X 152mm X 21mm
  • : United States
  • : January 2016
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  • : Simon Read
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  • : English
  • : 941.084092
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  • : 8 pages black-&-white photographs
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Description

Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. In those far-flung corners of the world, reporting from the front lines between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his celebrated command of language and formed strong opinions about war. He thought little of his own personal safety, so convinced was he of his destiny, jumping at any chance to be where bullets flew and canons roared. "I have faith in my star-that I am intended to do something in the world," he wrote to his mother at the age of twenty-three before heading into battle. Based on his private letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines young Winston's daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent-experiences that shaped the world leader he was to become.

Reviews

Covering Winston Churchill's early days as a young man, no Churchill buff will be complete without it. This book takes you along for a ride, being privy to amazing adventures in Churchill's life. Aways interesting, full of great moments and quotes.


Elisa, Book Grocer

Author description

Simon Read is an award-winning former newspaper reporter and the author of seven previous works of narrative non-fiction published on both sides of the Atlantic, including War of Words, The Case That Foiled Fabian, and Human Game. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle Review of Books and Publishers Weekly. He lives in Northern California.