Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive

Sandys, Celia

ISBN 10: 0786707046 / ISBN 13: 9780786707041

Edité par Carroll & Graf Pub, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1999

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233pp. B/w photos throughout. Biographical account of Churchill's time spent in South Africa during the Boer War. Clean. N° de réf. du vendeur 004932

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Titre : Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive

Éditeur : Carroll & Graf Pub, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 1999

Reliure : Hard Cover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine

Edition : First Edition

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Synopsis :

Book by Sandys Celia

Présentation de l'éditeur:

In this biography of a dashing, brash young Churchill, Celia Sandys reconstructs her celebrated grandfather's adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War at the end of the last century—events that took him from the bivouacs and battle sites of Transvaal to his incarceration as a prisoner of war in Pretoria and ultimately to a bold escape across the border into Mozambique. Using both British and South African sources of testimony, which alternately reveal the dauntless Winston as a courageous ally or foolhardy foe, Sandys recounts the exploits of a Churchill whom history has largely forgotten. With narrative vigor, historical authority, and singular charm, she offers both a fully drawn portrait of the ready adventurer who would become England's legendary prime minister and an illuminating chronicle of the turbulent events one hundred years ago that defined South Africa for modern times.