He had already fought in five wars! His heart pounded with the beat of battle, and even as Prime Minister, he had a difficult time keeping his distance from the battlefield. So Churchill, ambitious, willful leader that he was, decided to write this history himself: “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” Though he was criticized for burying mistakes and emphasizing successes, he still managed to win a Nobel Prize for literature, and, as is evidenced by the incredible wit, insight, and candor of his words, the prize was well deserved.īy age 55 Churchill had already accumulated plenty of stories to fill a memoir. When Churchill was a mere 55 years old, he was already writing his own memoirs on his “early life.” This man felt he was destined for great things, and all great things, he thought, must be recorded in history.
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