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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Volume II 2 by Winston S. Churchill is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This is the second volume in a four-volume biography of Winston Churchill’s ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough. After the defeat of the Conservative government in the 1929 general election, Winston Churchill distanced himself from the official Conservative leadership over a myriad of issues, including Indian Home Rule and protective tariffs. During this time, Churchill entered a period of political exile—a time he referred to as “the wilderness years." While it may have been a low point in his political career, it was a high point for his writing. It was during this time that Churchill began his work on Marlborough: His Life and Times , widely considered to be one of Churchill’s most ambitious and masterful literary works. Although sometimes maligned and not as well known in contemporary times as his more famous descendant—Churchill himself—Marlborough was known in his day as a gifted military commander who never lost a battle. This second volume brings his military successes, political intrigues, and personal passions to life. About the Author Sir Winston S. Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Winston S. Churchill
Publisher
RosettaBooks
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780795329920
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Humanities

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