My Early Life by Churchill, Sir Winston S. New Edition (2000)

I read a book review about a bookson Winston Churchill and in the review it mentioned this book as being the very best one about his early life. Best yet, it's written by the man himself!

Wonderful prose of a bygone era and a social comment on the life and times of the late 19th Century. Churchill writes with the benefit of having fought in the Great War, he therefore writes with the nostalgia that most of his contemporaries believed that they would never see war again. Vignettes of interest:- his correspondence with Mr Winston Churchill of Boston who was writing at the same time, his political mentors of the early 20th Century such as Salisbury and the generals that he knew in Britain's colonial skirmishes. A good read to understanding the politician he later became.

This book is gripping from start to finish! It is extremely well written, and Churchill is talking you along every line. Exciting, funny , and not long enough! I wanted another 100 pages!