My Early Life
by Winston Churchill
Churchill's memoir of his first twenty-five years: school failure, Sandhurst, India, the Sudan charge, escape from a Boer prison. Funny, self-mocking and his most charming book.
Read it if…
you want Churchill before Churchill, in his own voice.
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Skip it if…
you want the war years.
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Three things you will actually use
- Late bloomers exist.
- Seek the action.
- Write your way forward.
Do this first
Read the escape chapters.
Our verdict
Churchill's youth.
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