Winston Churchill Writer of the Century

1. Winston ChurchillWriter of the Century By Sean Moran

2. A Short Biography • Born on November 30, 1874 to Lord and Lady Randolph. • Joined the army at age 18 and saw action in India, the Middle East, and South Africa during the Boer War. Even served in World War One for a short period. • Served as Prime Minister of Britain from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955. • He died on January 25, 1965 at the age of 91.

3. Reporting • Churchill’s articles about his accounts in India and South Africa eventually led to his war memoirs. These articles initially won him fame in England and he continued to write newspaper articles up to his election to Prime Minister. • Step by Step is a series of articles written from 1936 to 1939 warning Europe of Hitler and the Nazis written by Churchill.

4. Early Works • Most of Churchill’s early works were accounts of his adventures and actions in the army. These include his first work, The Story of the Malakand Field Force(1898) a depiction of his time in Pakistan and Ian Hamilton’s March(1900), which is about his time in South Africa, including his daring escape from a Boer P.O.W. camp.

5. Fiction • Savrola is Churchill’s only fiction novel. • It is an account of the fictional country of Laurania’s revolution against the evil dictator General Antonio Molara.

6. Biographies • Churchill was fascinated with his ancestors and devoted several books to them. • Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) was dedicated to defending and showing how great his father’s work in Parliament was. • Marlborough: His Life and Times (published in four sets from 1933-1938) is about his ancestor the first Duke of Marlborough, who was a soldier and statesmen who lived from 1650 to 1722.

7. War Accounts • The World Crisis (1923-1931) is Churchill’s six volume history of World War One. One of the fastest published series in American Publishing history. • The Second World War (1948-1953) is the best selling six volume history of World War Two ever. This series won Churchill the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.

8. Famous Works • Churchill’s most famous works include A History of the English Speaking Peoples (1956, 1957, and 1958) • The Great Republic ( an abridged version of the above mentioned book mainly covering the story of the USA, 1999)

9. A History of the English Speaking Peoples • Covered the history of Britain from Julius Caesar all the up to World War One. The book also covers American history beginning with the American Revolution. Churchill began writing it 1937 but was delayed because of World War Two. The book was published in four volumes published in 1956, 1957, and 1958.

10. Other Works • Before, during, and after World War Two, Churchill gave many great speeches including his 1928 Disarmament Fable which compares Post WWI Europe to a bunch of Zoo animals deciding whether horns, teeth, and claws are illegal to have. • The Defence of Freedom and Peace (The Lights are Going Out) called for the US to join Britain ( the last light in Europe) against Nazi tyranny. • In 1940 he gave his famous Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat speech when he spoke to the House of Commons for the first time as Prime Minister.