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Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive
Celia Sandys
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Description for Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive
Paperback. Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Celia Sandys goes ‘in grandfather’s footsteps’ to retrace young Winston Churchill’s adventures during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa – where Churchill served as war correspondent, combatant (at Spion Kop and Ladysmith), prisoner-of-war and escapee.
Celia Sandys has uncovered a hitherto neglected part of Churchill’s life using many previously untapped sources and giving many hitherto unknown facts and anecdotes.
In 1899, within two weeks of his arrival in South Africa to cover the Boer War as a journalist for London’s Morning Post, the twenty-four-year-old Churchill was taken prisoner when his train was ambushed ... Read more
Celia Sandys goes ‘in grandfather’s footsteps’ to retrace young Winston Churchill’s adventures during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa – where Churchill served as war correspondent, combatant (at Spion Kop and Ladysmith), prisoner-of-war and escapee.
Celia Sandys has uncovered a hitherto neglected part of Churchill’s life using many previously untapped sources and giving many hitherto unknown facts and anecdotes.
In 1899, within two weeks of his arrival in South Africa to cover the Boer War as a journalist for London’s Morning Post, the twenty-four-year-old Churchill was taken prisoner when his train was ambushed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
474g
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781623490676
SKU
V9781623490676
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About Celia Sandys
Celia Sandys is a granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill. Her mother was Churchill’s eldest daughter, Diana, and her father was Lord Duncan-Sandys, the former Cabinet Minister and member of his father-in-law’s wartime government. She is married, has four children, and lives in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Sandys has lectured in America, Canada, Japan, and Britain.
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