The Rest Is HistoryOctober 3, 2022

239: Young Churchill: Born to Lead (Part 1)

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About This Episode

‘The child is the father of the man.’ In the first episode of this mini-series on Young Churchill, Tom and Dominic explore the early life of Winston Churchill. They discuss the cruelty of his parents, his deeply imbued sense of destiny, and the razor sharp wit of the future Prime Minister. Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook

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great trilogy about the British Empire

James Morris

“He loves everything about it. And what he loves about the Empire is the kind of thing that James Morris, who then became Jan Morris, wrote about in her great trilogy about the British Empire.”

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My Early Life

Winston Churchill

“Churchill claims that even though he was three, this phrase stuck in his memory. The other thing that's so, My Early Life is a it's a genuinely very, very funny read.”

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The Churchill Factor

Boris Johnson

“Will Lloyd's piece about The Churchill Factor, a biography of the great man by Boris Johnson, discusses the blending of Churchill's identity with Johnson's.”

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King Solomon's Mines

“Churchill has read, you know, King Solomon's mines. He's read all the imperial stories. He loves them.”

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