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

from maryreinert

Candice Millard could probably make a grocery list interesting. I loved this book as I have the others that she has written. I was drawn to it especially due to the fact that we have been to South Africa where much of the action took place. Winston Churchill is portrayed as arrogant but filled wi...

from meandmybooks

Enormously interesting, but also terribly dismaying. The British behave badly, the Boers behave badly, and the young Winston Churchill is brave and romantic, but also appallingly reckless, selfish, and opportunistic. Still, even in a stupid war characterized by hubris and cruelty, some actors her...

from msf59

"...the one scenario that Churchill had not envisioned was crossing enemy territory alone without companions or provisions of any kind. He didn't have a weapon, a map, a compass, or, aside from a few bars of chocolate in his pocket, any food. He didn't speak the language, either that of the Boers...

from Oberon

Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard Candice Millard, author of the The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic is back with a new book on the early career of Winston Churchill. I found Hero of the Empire every bit as engrossing as Millard's other works. The book deals with Winston Churchill ...

from hardlyhardy

The name Winston Churchill causes most of us picture an old man acting heroically during World War II. In her 2016 book "Hero of the Empire," Candice Millard gives us a new image to consider, a young man acting heroically during the Boer War. As a young man, Churchill yearned to be a hero the way...