BlueBehemoth.com

Winston Churchill: Escape From Pretoria Sam Lawlace

A young Winston Churchill risks his immunity as a correspondent in the Anglo-Boer war by taking an active part in extricating a British unit from a Boer ambush. In the process, Churchill, captured and imprisoned, faces indefinite confinement-if not death-in Pretoria, South Africa. The attempt of a group of officers to escape together fails and Churchill faces traversing three hundred miles of enemy territory alone. Churchill learns to trust in God’s providence and provision, lessons which will shape the rest of his life. This is a recounting of the pivotal event which propelled Churchill into public life and the politics of England.