Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, Candice Millard general fiction sometimes wildly funny take on

sometimes wildly funny take on his own fears and flaws

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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, Candice Millard general fiction sometimes wildly funny take onFrom New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little known exploits during the Boer War At age twenty four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something