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Hero of the empire : the Boer War, a daring escape and the making of Winston Churchill / Candice Millard.

Summary:

Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his arrival, the soldiers he was accompanying on an armored train were ambushed, and Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape--but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him.

Record details

ISBN: 9780385535731 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xi, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Author of Destiny of the Republic and The River of Doubt"--Dust jacket. Maps inside front and back covers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-363) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Part One: Pushful, the younger -- Part Two: Into Africa -- Part Three: Chance -- Part Four: Prisoners of war -- Part Five: In the heart of the enemy's country -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index.