Английская Википедия:Hero of the Empire

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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill is a 2016 book by Candice Millard covering Winston Churchill's exploits during the Boer War. Her third book, Hero of the Empire garnered favorable response by major newspaper companies worldwide and was a winner of the 2017 Kansas Notable Book Awards.[1]

Critical reception

Millard's third book received praise from many news organizations such as The New York Times,[2][3] The Washington Post,[4] The Guardian,[5] and USA Today.[6]

Alex von Tunzelmann writing for The New York Times called Hero of the Empire, "a tremendously readable and enjoyable book",[3] and Lucy Hughes-Hallett writing for The Guardian called it, "a thrilling journey, and Millard tells it with gusto."[5]

Tim Brady of the Star Tribune 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."[7]

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