Churchill & Smuts
From Enemies to Lifelong Friends
$35.50
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2019
Summary
Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War, and later as allies in the First World War, the remarkable, and often touching, friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts.
In youth they occupied very different worlds: Churchill, the rambunctious and thrusting young aristocrat; Smuts, the aesthetic, philosophical Cape farm boy who would go on to Cambridge. Both were men of exceptional talents and achievements and, between them, the pa…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472140777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147214077X |
| Author: | Richard Steyn |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Richard Steyn has painted a vivid picture of how Churchill and Smuts having started as enemies in the Boer War, became close confidants, friends and strong mutual admirers of each other’s exceptional talents - International Churchill Society
The importance of the relationship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts has received belated recognition in Richard Steyn’s elegant new book. Smuts’ role as Churchill’s comrade, guide and, in Steyn’s depiction, wise critic, is rarely celebrated and often overlooked. In Churchill’s Confidant, Steyn rescues it from the condescension of posterity, and enriches our understanding of both men with this cogent testament to friendship in public life.An impressive study of two influential and contrasting characters - The LadyAbout The Author
Richard Steyn
Richard Steyn, a graduate of Stellenbosch University, practised as a lawyer before switching to journalism. He edited the Natal Witness in Pietermaritzburg from 1975-90, was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1985⁄86, and editor in chief of The Star from 1990-95. He served as Standard Bank’s Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications from 1996-2001, before returning to writing, book reviewing and publishing.
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