On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the Morning Post.
The Boer War brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. London to Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and...
On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally er...
A great statesmen, a masterful historian whose writings won him the Nobel Prize for a literatureand a war-time leader with few peers, Sir Winston Churchill is rememberedperhaps most clearly today for the sheer power of his oratory: the speechesthat rallied a nation in its darkest hour and steeled that nation for victoryagainst the might of the Fascist powers."Never Give In " celebrates this oratory by gathering togetherChurchill's most powerful speeches from throughout his public career. Carefullyselected by his grandson, this collection includes all his best known speeches -from his great...
A great statesmen, a masterful historian whose writings won him the Nobel Prize for a literatureand a war-time leader with few peers, Sir Winston Chur...
