<div>A unique and absorbing account of Churchill’s life during World War I, as written by his battalion’s adjutant who would later become his friend. Following his resignation from the Government after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, Winston Churchill’s political career stalled. Never one to give in, Churchill was determined to continue fighting the enemy. He was already a Major in the Territorial Reserve and he was offered promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and with it command of a battalion on the Western Front. On 5 January 1916, Churchill took up his new post with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. The battalion’s adjutant was Captain Andrew Dewar Gibb who formed a close relationship with Churchill that lasted far beyond their few weeks together in the war. Dewar Gibb subsequently wrote an account of his and Churchill’s time together in the trenches. Packed with amusing anecdotes and fascinating detail, Gibb’s story shows an entirely different side to Churchill’s character from the forceful public figure normally presented to the world. Churchill proved to be a caring and compassionate commander and utterly fearless. Despised on his arrival, he was adored by his men by the time he departed . . . Supplemented with many of Churchill’s letters, the observations of other officers and additional narrative, this is the most unusual and absorbing account of this part of Churchill’s life that has ever been told. Praise for With Winston Churchill at the Front “A good book for anyone interested in Churchill, and also for those who might want to learn more about command at the front during the Great War.” —The NYMAS Review “This is a view of Churchill different from every episode in his memorable life.” —Roads to the Great War</div>

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<div>The first volume of this authoritative biography chronicles the prime minister&rsquo;s youth from birth to early adulthood: &ldquo;An intimate, eloquent testimonial&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Winston S. Churchill&rsquo;s son, Randolph, delivers a vivid, personal portrait of his father in this first part of an eight-volume biography that is widely considered the &ldquo;most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written&rdquo; (The New York Times). Told through a rich treasure trove of the Churchill&rsquo;s personal letters, this volume covers his life from early childhood to his return to England from an American lecture tour, on the day of Queen Victoria&rsquo;s funeral in 1900, in order to embark on his political career. In the opening pages, the account of his birth in 1874 is presented through letters of his family. The subject comes on the scene with his own words in a letter to his mother, written when he was seven. His later letters, as a child, as a schoolboy at Harrow, as a cadet at Sandhurst, and as a subaltern in India, show the development of his mind and character, his ambition and awakening interests, which were to merge into a unique genius destined for world leadership. An astounding narrative of a formidable man coming into his own and the times in which he lived, this portrait is a &ldquo;milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement . . . rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age.&rdquo; (Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War).</div>

Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874–1900

<div>The second volume in this &ldquo;magisterial achievement&rdquo; of political biography chronicles Churchill&rsquo;s days in Parliament up to the outbreak of WWI (Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War). Written by Winston S. Churchill&rsquo;s son, Randolph, the second volume of this authoritative, eight-volume biography begins as Churchill takes his seat in the House of Commons at the age of twenty-six. An independent spirit and rebel, his maiden speech received cheers from the Leader of the Opposition. In the years leading up to the Great War, Churchill was at the center of British political life. At the Home Office, he introduced substantial prison reforms and took a lead in curbing the powers of the House of Lords. At the Admiralty, beginning in 1911, he helped build the Royal Navy into a formidable fighting force. He learned to fly, and founded the Royal Naval Air Service. He was also active in attempts to resolve the Irish Question and to prevent civil war in Ireland. In 1914, as war in Europe loomed, Churchill wrote to his wife from the Admiralty: &ldquo;The preparations have a hideous fascination for me . . . yet I would do my best for peace, and nothing would induce me wrongfully to strike the blow. I cannot feel that we in this island are in any serious degree responsible for the wave of madness which has swept the mind of Christendom.&rdquo; When war came, the fleet was ready. It was one of Churchill&rsquo;s greatest early achievements. &ldquo;A milestone, a monument . . . rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age.&rdquo; &mdash;Andrew Roberts, historian and author of The Storm of War &ldquo;The most scholarly study of Churchill in war and peace ever written.&rdquo; &mdash;Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times</div>

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