By the end of his own twenty-fifth year, Churchill had been one of the world’s highest paid war correspondents, published his first five books, made his first lecture tour of North America, braved and breasted both battlefields and the hustings, and been elected to Parliament, where he would take his first seat only weeks after the end of Queen Victoria’s reign. Raise the glorious flags again, advance them upon the new enemies, who contanstanyl gather upon the front of the human army, and have only to be assaulted to be overthrown. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. ar net kokią jo paties knygą ir manote, kad daug žinote apie šį XX amžiaus Didžiosios Britanijos politiką, kai perskaitysite šią, jo paties parašytą prisiminimų apie vaikystę-jaunystę knygą, suvoksite, kad daug ko nežinojote: tiek apie Čerčilį, tiek apie Angliją.

Knygos pabaigoje Čerčilis net mini pokalbį su Marku Tvenu, kuris neigiamai pasisakė britų atžvilgiu, kurie kovojo su būrais Pietų Afrikoje, tačiau Čerčilis kažkodėl greitai nusuko kalbą kita linkme.I understood definitely that he had blown up all sorts of things and was therefore a very great man. I prefer the more neutral reportage of biography and history to the first person narrative of autobiography and memoir. The irony of this is wonderful and he most certainly made fine use of this later in his life of writing, parliamentary debate and deliverance of speeches of extraordinary importance in troubled times.

If you want to read the history of a self-educated young man who turned childhood neglect and early personal failure into victory, who became arguably the 20th century’s greatest statesmen (and wordsmith), and who experienced monumental revolutions in society, warfare, technology and economic institutions and expectations, this is for you.In Churchill’s account, this long period of relative peace had led many of his contemporaries to conclude wars between “polite nations” had come to an end. Overall I'm glad I read it and I know a lot more about this great man of British history than I did before.