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Who Was Winston Churchill? by Ellen Labrecque

Who Was Winston Churchill?

Ellen Labrecque

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 21, 2015

A Nonfiction pick for readers exploring Who Was Winston Churchill?.

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Who it’s for
Follow Churchill’s path from army officer to prime minister, with writing and art beyond politics.
Themes
Wartime leadership, British political history, Military service
Genres
Political Biographies for Kids, Historical Biographies for Kids, Military & Wars

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Born into aristocracy, Churchill cut his teeth as a young army officer in British India, the Sudan, and the Second Boer War. He rose in the ranks to First Lord of the Admiralty and was a staunch opponent of the encroaching German Nazis. Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also a historian, a writer, and an artist.

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He is the only British Prime Minister to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.

A Many-Sided Life

Follow Churchill’s path from army officer to prime minister, with writing and art beyond politics.

Come here for

  • A concise view of a consequential political life
  • The unusual combination of leadership, literature, and art

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  • A biographical sweep across Churchill’s military and political career
  • Context for his place in 20th-century Britain

Where it sits

Military & Wars69%
Political Biographies for Kids57%
Historical Biographies for Kids43%

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Publisher categories

  • Historical Biographies for Kids
  • Political Biographies for Kids
  • Military & Wars
Authors
Ellen Labrecque
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
April 21, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Wartime leadership · British political history · Military service
Reading lane
Historical Biographies for Kids