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Summary of Candice Millard's Hero of the Empire is an account of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's rise to fame during the Second Boer War. It focuses on Churchill's early career as a war journalist and particularly on his daring escape from a Boer prisoner of war camp.
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Candice Millard's Hero of the Empire by Instaread Preview: Candice Millard's Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill is an account of future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's rise to fame during the Second Boer War. It focuses on Churchill's early career as a war journalist and particularly on his daring escape from a Boer prisoner of war camp. That escape propelled...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Hero of the Empire tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Candice Millard's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Hero of the Empire includes: Historical context; Chapter-by-chapter overviews; Profiles of the main characters; Timeline of key...
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"At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising...
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