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

byCandice Millard

Focused on the Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, Hero of the Empire brings Candice Millard's biographical portrait to a complex and consequential subject. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the wider field of biography & autobiography. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention.

Publisher

Anchor

Publication date

May 30, 2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

416

ISBN

9780307948786