''Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill'' is a 2016 book by

Candice Millard Candice Sue Millard (born 1967) is an American writer and journalist. She is a former writer and editor for ''National Geographic'' and the author of four books: '' The River of Doubt'', a history of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expediti ...

covering

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

's exploits during the

Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...

. Her third book, Hero of the Empire garnered favorable response by major newspaper companies worldwide and was a winner of the 2017

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Critical reception

Millard's third book received praise from many news organizations such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

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writing for ''The New York Times'' called ''Hero of the Empire'', "a tremendously readable and enjoyable book", and

Lucy Hughes-Hallett Lucy Angela Hughes-Hallett (born 7 December 1951) is a British cultural historian, biographer and novelist. In November 2013, she won the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction for her biography of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, ''The Pike ...

writing for ''The Guardian'' called it, "a thrilling journey, and Millard tells it with gusto." Tim Brady of the ''

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'' described Millard as "an extremely talented writer, equally adept at penning heart-stopping battlefield scenes and the peculiarities of the emerging Boer culture in early South African history."

References

External links

* NPR �
Interview with Candice Millard on her book
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