Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

by Candice Millard

do not believe the Gods would create so potent a being as myself for so prosaic an ending.”

For Churchill, few things in life could compete with the thrill of climbing onto a stage, stepping behind a podium and commanding the attention of every man in the room.

“Winston has spent the best years of his life composing his impromptu speeches.”

“the greatest living master of English prose.”