Hero of the empire [large print] : the Boer war, a daring escape and the making of Winston Churchill / Candice Millard.

Part one: Pushful, the younger. Death by inches -- The graven palm -- The scion -- Blowing the trumpet -- Part two: Into Africa. "Send her victorious" -- "We have now gone far enough" -- The blackest of all days -- Land of stone and scrub -- Part three: Chance. The death trap -- A pity and a blunder -- Into the lion's jaws -- Grim sullen death -- Part four: Prisoners of war. To submit, to obey, to endure -- "I regret to inform you" -- A city of the dead -- Black week -- A scheme of desperate and magnificent audacity -- "I shall go on alone" -- Part five: In the heart of the enemy's country. Toujours de l'audace -- "To take my leave" -- Alone -- "Wie is daar?" -- An invisible enemy -- The light of hope -- The plan -- The red and the blue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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