The Bookies meet once a month at the library, new members and visitors are always welcome!
December's discussion will be about Candice Millard's 2016 book "Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill"
From the PenguinRandomHouse website:
ABOUT HERO OF THE EMPIRE
“A thrilling account…. This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one.” —New York Times Critic Jennifer Senior’s Top Ten Books of 2016
At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape—traversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him.
Bestselling author Candice Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters—including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi—with whom Churchill would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an extraordinary adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect twentieth century history.
For more information about The Bookies, please contact Katie Moellering at 205-445-1118 or kmoellering@bham.lib.al.us
AGE GROUP: | Adults (Ages 18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Regular Series | Book Group | Adult Events |
TAGS: | non fiction | history | Bookies | book group |