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Best Little Stories from the Life and Times of Winston Churchill: Best Little Stories

Autor C. Brian Kelly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2008
Winston Churchill was one of the most extraordinary figures of the twentieth century. Able to see clearly when so many were blind to the threat posed by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, Churchill was strong in a time of crisis and inspired nations to greatness. His colorful and stimulating prose, his perseverance in facing adversity, his prodigious contributions to literature, his devotion to the ideal of liberty, and his courageous leadership are there for all to see and follow.



Best Little Stories from the Life and Times of Winston Churchill is a collection of stories from the great man's life. Prepared in conjunction with the authors' lectures on Churchill sponsored by Oxford University and the University of Virginia in the summer of 2007, it includes:


The many times as a boy, youth, and young man he almost died due to illness, accident, or repeated brushes with death on the battlefield
His prediction during his teen years that one day he would be the defender of London—and England itself—in a horrible war
Draining a pond to recover a watch—a present from his father, Lord Randolph Churchill—he had dropped into the water
His capture and incredible escape from the Boers in the Boer War after hiding in a coal mine among a colony of white rats
His maiden speech in parliament in 1901 at age 26, which was closely covered by England's major newspapers
Learning how to overcome his lisp from an Irish-born American politician who taught him "how to hold thousands in thrall" as a speaker
His secret and fortunately mild heart attack suffered shortly after Pearl Harbor while visiting the White House for Christmas in 1941
His remarkable ascent up the political ladder as a young blue-blood in contrast with his parliamentary partnership with David Lloyd George in creating Britain's early welfare legislation
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781581826340
ISBN-10: 1581826346
Pagini: 430
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Enl.
Editura: SOURCEBOOKS
Colecția Cumberland House
Seria Best Little Stories

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

C. BRIAN KELLY, a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a former editor for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines. He is the author of several books on American history and resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.