Young winston churchill biography books
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October 17, 2008
A complete list (arranged by date) of Churchill’s 43 book-length works in 72 volumes, published over the course of his lifetime (1874-1965) and posthumously. When titles are divided by a slashmark, the second title is the American, the first the English.
Bibliographic numbers are from Frederick Woods’s Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill (Second revised edition, St. Paul’s Bibliographies, Winchester, England 1979). A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, by Richard Langworth identifies through profuse illustrations and descriptive text the various English and foreign editions, and appraise their value and aesthetic desirability.
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
First published by Longmans Green, London: 1898
Woods A1
Churchill’s first book: a classic account of the uprising on the Northwest Frontier of India. The Silver Library edition of 1899 contains author’s re
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Young Titan
“Perceptive and entertaining.”
– Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"A vivid portrait of a young man on the make, as ambitious as he was gifted. . . Enthralling."
– DailyBeast.com [Newsweek digital edition]
“Much has been written about Winston Churchill, but there is still much to learn, especially about those early years when he seemed destined for greatness. Michael Shelden now thoughtfully explores those years in Young Titan….An fängslande as well as perceptive take on the man who believed that while we are all worms ‘he was a glowworm’ — a belief history would splendidly vindicate.”
– Richmond Times Dispatch
“Entertaining and erudite…. Shelden is full of sharp literary insights about Churchill, as one would expect from a literary biographer of his rank.”
– Wall Street Journal
“[A] solid biography covering the first four decades of Winston Churchill’s life, marked by both mål and heartbreak….Shelden offers an unadorned account of Churchill’s
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Please send me some book recommendations on Churchill’s life for young readers. By young, I mean a boy of seven years old. My nephew asked me about the book I was reading (Churchill: The Unexpected Hero by Paul Addison), and after I told him a little about it, he wanted to know more. I’d appreciate any recommendations. —R.M., Mass. (Updated from 2009.)
Paul Addison’s Churchill: The Unexpected Hero is probably the best “brief life” in print. If your nephew was into that at seven, he was far advanced. There are several other fairly short but excellent books of Addison’s quality, but they may be a shade advanced for readers so young. Among them, for the record:
Martin Gilbert, Churchill: A Photographic Portrait
Douglas Russell, Winston Churchill: Soldier
Mary Soames, A Churchill Family Album—photo documentary
Number one for young readers
Fiona Reynoldson, Leading Lives: Wi