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Savrola
Great Writing: Churchill as Biographer, Novelist, Explorer, Memoirist
11
Jan
2024
By JOHN BUCHAN, LORD TWEEDSMUIR
“Churchill offers a striking and a moving picture. A close observance of the words, however, will show that its vividness is built up entirely by the use of simple words simply arrayed. It owes nothing to elaboration, nothing to stilted conception. Its effectiveness is the direct result of clarity.”
Churchill’s Novel “Savrola” (3): Statesmanship Ennobles Ambition
12
Mar
2022
Churchill’s Novel Savrola (Part 2)
31
May
2021
120 Years On: Did They Really Kill a Boer at Witbank?
19
May
2021
By JOHN HULME
Young Winston 12 decades ago—and a speculation about just how rough his escape became at South Africa’s Witbank colliery.
Churchill’s Novel “Savrola” (1): Polestar of a Statesman’s Philosophy
18
Feb
2021
By PATRICK J.C. POWERS
Savrola voices Churchill’s fundamental political and ethical principles at the very moment when he settled on them for the rest of his life.
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Great Contemporaries: Emery Reves, Sales Dept. for the Production Chief
20
Nov
2019
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
It is a tribute to this book, and those who saw it into print, that a memory of two unforgettable spirits is so eloquently presented.