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The Eccentric MR Churchill: Little-Known Facts about the Greatest Briton - Hardcover

Field, Jacob F.

 
9781782439721: The Eccentric MR Churchill: Little-Known Facts about the Greatest Briton
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1782439722 ISBN 13: 9781782439721
Verlag: MICHAEL OMARA BOOKS, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

This fascinating and highly entertaining book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill, the 'man of the century' who, in 2002, was voted the Greatest Briton of all time.

As well as providing a new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser known moments of his life, as well as intriguing facts about how he lived and worked, his friends and enemies, loves and hates.

Did you know that:

- Churchill invented the 'belly band' around cigars?

- A duck-billed platypus - named Winston - was sent from Australia to join Churchill's menagerie at Chartwell?

- He escaped from a POW camp during the Second Boer War?

- He was a handy bricklayer in his spare time?

These and many more extraordinary facts are detailed in this book. It will provide even the Churchill aficionado with another perspective on the great man, who remains a figure of fascination for millions worldwide.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.

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Verlag
MICHAEL OMARA BOOKS
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1782439722
ISBN 13 
9781782439721
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Anzahl der Seiten
192
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