Oct 14, 2016MelatSCPL rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This, her latest offering, proves that the high praise Ms. Millard has received is totally justified. Hero of the Empire is history that reads like an Indiana Jones adventure; a real 'page turner'. I finished the book, knowing a lot more about Winston Churchill, but wanting to know more about the run-up to the Boer War. While Millard tries to maintain the historian's professional detachment, she hints that the Boer War (seen as a just cause at the time) was anything but.
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