Name: Who Was Winston Churchill?
ISBN: 9780448483009

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Why This Clicks

A Many-Sided Life

Follow Churchill’s path from army officer to prime minister, with writing and art beyond politics.

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A concise view of a consequential political life
The unusual combination of leadership, literature, and art

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A biographical sweep across Churchill’s military and political career
Context for his place in 20th-century Britain

Book Details

Authors: Ellen Labrecque
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: April 21, 2015
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: 20th-Century Britain · Political Biographies for Kids
Reading lane: 20th-Century Britain

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Historical Biographies for Kids
Political Biographies for Kids
Military & Wars

About This Book

Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is...

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Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.