Winston Churchill

A swashbuckling, patriotic tale of romance, villainy and adventure on the high seas, written by American author Winston Churchill (not to be confused with British statesman Winston S. Churchill), Richard Carvel was a publishing phenomenon in its time, selling more than 2 million copies in a nation of 76 million people. In 1765, young Richard Carvel, an orphaned descendant of English nobility, lives on his grandfather's estate in colonial Maryland. He witnesses growing discontent with the rule of King George III and observes the transformation of his childhood playmate, Dorothy Manners, into a celebrated debutante. After being kidnapped by pirates, Richard is rescued and brought to England by a Scots sea captain. Upon learning that his grandfather has died and his treacherous uncle has claimed his inheritance, Richard returns to Maryland, where he joins the struggle for American independence. He also fights to regain his inheritance and win the hand of his beloved Dorothy.

In one of the first blockbuster novels of the 20th Century, American author Winston Churchill (not to be confused with the latter British statesman Winston S. Churchill) weaves real-life historical figures and his own memorable characters into a colorful tapestry of a nation sliding toward civil war. In 1857, St. Louis has become a bustling center of transportation and commerce. But the divisions that threaten to tear the nation apart simmer just below the placid surface of daily life. Prosperous merchant and slaveowner Comyn Carvel and his daughter Virginia make no secret of their love for the Southern way of life, or their willingness to fight for it. Meanwhile, a young lawyer from Boston, Stephen Brice, arrives in St. Louis and is soon transformed by his encounters with the horrors of slavery -and with the Republican Party's rising star, Abraham Lincoln. Clarence Colfax, Virginia's cousin, longs for a chance to prove himself in battle for the South and, more importantly, to Virginia herself. And calculating Yankee businessman Eliphalet Hopper determines to fight for no cause but his own -to gain wealth and respect at any cost. Written just 40 years after the Civil War -when the conflict was still within living memory- The Crisis brings to life the passions, fears, sacrifices, heroism, and cowardice displayed by those who lived through the impassioned era of the "house divided".

Le 2 aout 1898, le lieutenant Winston Churchill, vingt-trois ans, rejoint au Caire le 21e regiment de lanciers de l'armee britannique ou il n'a obtenu un poste que par l'intrigue de sa puissante famille. Lord Kitchener, qui mene les 25 000 hommes de l'armee anglo-egyptienne lancee a la reconquete du Soudan n'a aucune envie d'enroler ce jeune homme si avide de batailles qu'il s'empresse aussitot de les raconter dans les meilleures gazettes londoniennes. Churchill, dans son premier livre La guerre du Malakand (edite aux Belles Lettres dans la meme collection) n'a pas epargne non plus le gouvernement de Sa Majeste dans sa conduite de la guerre en Afghanistan qu'il vient de quitter. Maintenant, il fait route le long du Nil, direction Khartoum, capitale des rebelles mahdistes, les fameux derviches tourneurs. Pistolet Mauser a la main, il echappe de peu a la mort dans la derniere grande charge de la cavalerie britannique a Omdurman. La guerre du fleuve est un document essentiel -et inedit- pour comprendre la jeunesse et la formation d'un des plus grands hommes politiques du XXe siecle. Le futur prix Nobel de litterature poursuit ici l'apprentissage de l'ecriture de guerre, dans un recit qui mele journalisme et litterature, avec une peinture exuberante des vastes territoires du Nil mais aussi -suprematie blanche oblige-des analyses parfois bourrees de prejuges sur ses populations. Churchill ouvre la voie aux grands reporters de guerre qui tout au long du siecle, raconteront ses horreurs. Lui est deja ailleurs, en partance pour l'Afrique du Sud ou la revolte des Boers lui semble prometteuse de sang, de sueur et de larmes.

An Essay on American Contribution is a classic World War 1 history essay by Winston Churchill. Failure to recognize that the American, is at heart an idealist is to lack understanding of our national character. Two of our greatest interpreters proclaimed it, Emerson and William James. In a recent address at the Paris Sorbonne on "American Idealism," M. Firmin Roz observed that a people is rarely justly estimated by its contemporaries.

Liberalism and the Social Problem is a classic political science essay by Winston Churchill. These are the principal speeches I have made within the last four years. They have been chosen and collected with the idea of presenting a consistent and simultaneous view of the general field of British politics in an hour of fateful decision. I have exercised full freedom in compression and in verbal correction necessary to make them easier to read.-Winston Churchill Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers of soldier and politician, was a prolific writer under the pen name "Winston S. Churchill". After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe the Cuban War of Independence, and sent war reports to The Daily Graphic. He continued his war journalism in British India, at the Siege of Malakand, then in the Sudan during the Mahdist War and in southern Africa during the Second Boer War. Churchill's fictional output included one novel and a short story, but his main output comprised non-fiction. After he was elected as an MP, over 130 of his speeches or parliamentary answers were also published in pamphlets or booklets; many were subsequently published in collected editions. Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values. In 1895 Winston Churchill was commissioned cornet (second lieutenant) into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. His annual pay was 300, and he calculated he needed an additional 500 to support a style of life equal to that of other officers of the regiment. 2] a] To earn the required funds, he gained his colonel's agreement to observe the Cuban War of Independence; his mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, used her influence to secure a contract for her son to send war reports to The Daily Graphic. 4] He was subsequently posted back to his regiment, then based in British India, where he took part in, and reported on the Siege of Malakand; the reports were published in The Pioneer and The Daily Telegraph. 5] 4] The reports formed the basis of his first book, The Story of the Malakand Field Force, which was published in 1898. 6] To relax he also wrote his only novel, Savrola, which was published in 1898. 7] That same year he was transferred to the Sudan to take part in the Mahdist War (1881-99), where he participated in the Battle of Omdurman in September 1898. He published his recollections in The River War (1899). 8] 6] In 1899 Churchill resigned his commission and travelled to South Africa as the correspondent with The Morning Post, on a salary of 250 a month plus all expenses, to report on the Second Boer War. 9] b] He was captured by the Boers in November that year, but managed to escape. He remained in the country and continued to send in his reports to the newspaper. He subsequently published his despatches in two works, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria and Ian Hamilton's March (both 1900). 4] He returned to Britain in 1900 and was elected as the Member of parliament for the Oldham constituency at that year's general election.