NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a Washington Post and New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2016 A thrilling account...This book is an awesome nail-biter and top-notch character study rolled into one...Could someone be persuaded to make a movie about this episode of his life? I'd watch. - New York Times Critic Jennifer Senior's Top Ten Books of 2016 Gripping...tremendously readable and enjoyable... - Alex von Tunzelmann, The New York Times Book Review [A] truly fascinating book. - Financial Times A gripping story...It's a thrilling journey and Millard tells it with gusto. - The Guardian Millard's tome is a slam-bang study of Churchill's wit and wile as he navigates the Boer War like [a] proto-James Bond. - USA Today sakriti opis