My Early Life: A Roving Commission

Author: Winston Churchill

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  • : $40.00 AUD
  • : 9780684823454
  • : Simon & Schuster, Limited
  • : Simon & Schuster, Limited
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  • : 0.422
  • : December 1996
  • : 213mm X 140mm
  • : United States
  • : 40.0
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  • : Winston Churchill
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  • : English
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Description

The basis for the film Young Winston, this is Churchill's own account of his school days, his first combat experiences in India, the Sudan, and South Africa, and his early career as an unorthodox Member of Parliament.

Author description

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. A prolific writer, whose works include "The Second World War" and "A History of the English Speaking Peoples, " Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.