Thoughts and Adventures: Churchill Reflects on Spies, Cartoons, Flying and the F

Description: Thoughts and Adventures by Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill, James W. Muller, Sir Winston S. Churchill Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description First published in 1932, Thoughts and Adventures is Churchills most philosophical book. It conveys the extraordinary variety and depth of the statesmans mature thoughts on questions facing modern men and women. Written in what biographers have called Churchills "wilderness years," this wide-ranging volume of essays touches on cartoons, hobbies, spies, flying, elections, economics, and modern science. Reading it is like being invited to dinner at his country seat at Chartwell, where the soup was limpid, Pol Roger Champagne flowed, the pudding had a theme, and Churchill entertained lucky visitors with vivid conversation.Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Churchills birth, with a new foreword and illuminating annotations by James W. Muller, this collection of 23 articles, most of them originally published in magazines and newspapers, revives Churchills unforgettable prose and unmatched insights for a new generation of readers. Author Biography Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest statesmen of the twentieth century, he was a gifted orator and historian. The author of more than forty books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.James W. Muller is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and chairman of the Board of Academic Advisers of the International Churchill Society. Educated at Harvard University and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, he is a by-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. His two-volume edition of Churchills early book The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan won the 2021 Churchill Literary Award. He also edited a new edition of Churchills Great Contemporaries, available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series. Details ISBN 135045026X ISBN-13 9781350450264 Title Thoughts and Adventures Author Sir Sir Winston S. Churchill, James W. Muller, Sir Winston S. Churchill Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 336 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:168571352; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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