Churchill wanted dead or alive / Celia Sandys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandys, Celia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Prisoners of war--South Africa--Biography.

Prisoners of war.

South African War, 1899-1902--Journalists--Biography.

South African War, 1899-1902.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st Texas A&M University Press ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

" . . . notable for its depiction of young Churchill, warts and all, as a very human character . . . ."-New York Times"A bestseller in the UK, this portrait of Winston Churchill, written by his granddaughter, unapologetically presents the future prime minister as an action hero in the Boer War. It's rousing reading. Sandy's affection for her grandfather is obvious, but she shows enough of his grandiosity to maintain a reader's trust. . . . Sandy's is fully aware of the extent to which her grandfather had a finger to the political winds during his exploits: he sought the limelight as aggressive

Contents:

Gateway

Preparing for war

Cruising to a catastrophe

The station yard

Knight errant

The Botha legend

Into captivity

The states model school

Controversy

Wanted dead or alive

A soldier again

A general on Spion Kop

Into Ladysmith

A lull in the storm

Return to Pretoria

Epilogue: a triumphal progress.

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 29, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4619-4947-5

1-62349-074-X

OCLC:

862049739