Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

by Candice Millard • 2016

The best-selling author of Destiny of the Republic presents a narrative account of Churchill's lesser-known heroics during the Boer War, describing his daring escape from rebel captors, trek through hundreds of miles with virtually no supplies and eventual return to South Africa to liberate the soldiers captured with him.