Sphere, 1972

The first 26 years of Winston Churchill's life were packed with more adventure than most men see in a lifetime. He served with the 4th Hussars in India and in the Sudan he was present at the Battle of Omdurman. As a newspaper correspondent he covered the Boer War, was taken prisoner and escaped. As a politician he laid the foundations of his later career with his election as MP for Oldham in 1900. Based on exclusive use of Sir Winston's letters and papers, this is a shortened version of Youth 1874-1900, the first volume of Randolph S Churchill's definitive biography of his father...