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Sandys Celia |
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Titolo |
Churchill wanted dead or alive / / Celia Sandys |
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College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4619-4947-5 |
1-62349-074-X |
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Edizione |
[1st Texas A&M University Press ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain |
Prisoners of war - South Africa |
South African War, 1899-1902 - Journalists |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Gateway -- Preparing for war -- Cruising to a catastrophe -- The station yard -- Knight errant -- The Botha legend -- Into captivity -- The states model school -- Controversy -- Wanted dead or alive -- A soldier again -- A general on Spion Kop -- Into Ladysmith -- A lull in the storm -- Return to Pretoria -- Epilogue: a triumphal progress. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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" . . . notable for its depiction of young Churchill, warts and all, as a very human character . . . ."-New York Times"A bestseller in the UK, this portrait of Winston Churchill, written by his granddaughter, unapologetically presents the future prime minister as an action hero in the Boer War. It's rousing reading. Sandy's affection for her grandfather is obvious, but she shows enough of his grandiosity to maintain a reader's trust. . . . Sandy's is fully aware of the extent to which her grandfather had a finger to the political winds during his exploits: he sought the limelight as aggressive |
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