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Winston S. Churchill - Great Contemporaries: A Gallery Of Pen Portraits
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ISBN: 978-0-749-30201-6
Publisher: Mandarin Paperbacks - 1990
Synopsis: Written when he was thirty-two, Great Contemporaries is Winston Churchill's gallery of pen portraits. Few people of his age, except perhaps the king, could expect to have met so many famous men. Yet even George V is represented alongside the most eminent of the day. Nearly all were known to Churchill personally. Lord Rosebery and John Morley he met through his father, Lord Randolph. The contact and friendship of most of the remainder he diligently sought out for himself: men such as Chamberlain, Asquith, Lawrence of Arabia, Balfour, Curzon, George Bernard Shaw, Trotsky, Roosevelt and one other forceful figure about whom he would later have much more to say - Adolf Hitler.
Condition: Paperback shows light shelf wear on the exterior; Pages are clean, unmarked and in good condition;
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Winston S. Churchill - My African Journey
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ISBN: 978-0-749-30199-6
Publisher: Mandarin Paperbacks - 1990
Synopsis: Acknowledging all Churchill's other accolades, we tend to overlook his claims as a writer of travel. A fine example is at hand in 'My African Journey', the story of his 1908 excursion in Kenya and Uganda. Churchill's description of the East Africa of nearly a century ago makes an interesting comparison with today. The feeling of innocence and charm in the tribes he meets is now lost; the animals he hunts, decimated; the countryside through which he travels, pastoral no more. But Churchill could never be just a traveler, so he notes dozens of opportunities for improvement--many subsequently adopted. Fascinating to sojourn with the young Winston, then in his early 30's, and feel the developing insight and judgment that one day would literally save the world.
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