The River War

by Winston Churchill

Overview

Winston Churchill was the legendary Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill also served as an officer in the British Army and he was the first person to be named an honorary citizen of the United States of America. Churchill was also a well-respected writer and his efforts were rewarded  by winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.


The River War, published in 1899, is Churchill's first hand account of the Mahdist War in the Sudan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537822860
Publisher:	Charles River Editors
Publication date:	03/22/2018
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	516
File size:	1 MB

Editorial Reviews

Churchill wrote this account of the campaign at Omdurman in Arabia in 1899 when he was still soldiering for the queen. It was his first major historical work and is still considered one of his most riveting.

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