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The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill | 
 enlarge | Creator: Dominique Enright
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 12872
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1854795295
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.084092
UPC: 800153005293
EAN: 9781854795298
ASIN: 1854795295
Publication Date: October 1, 2001
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Product Description
Churchill took his seat in Parliament in the reign of Queen Victoria, and died when Lyndon Johnson was in his second year as US President. He fought as a solider in four campaigns and as a war correspondent made an epic escape from Boer captivity. He wrote histories, biographies, memoirs, and even a novel, while his journalism, speeches and broadcasts run to millions of words. From 1940 he inspired and united the British people and guided their war effort. Sir Winston Churchill was also a man of vast humanity and enormous wit. His most famous speeches and sayings have passed into history, but many of his aphorisms, puns and jokes are less well known. This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of his wittiest and wickedest quips in a tribute to this lovable, infuriatingly conceited, wildly funny, and brilliantly talented Englishman.
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 Sir winston Churchill November 15, 2008
A reader (greenwich)
Sir Winston. One of the great heros of our country. This book should be read by all school children, why are they reading shakespear when we have the ultimate hero. br /A master of politics and war. Sir Winston will always be my hero. This book will give you a super account of the mans life.
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Gilbert Michaud (canada)
a good cover and that is about it . many misquotesand non attributed quotes . mistakes too.
 Churchill, Quotes May 27, 2008
Stephen J. Burr (Alexandria, VA)
A good review and background of famous quotes of Churchill. It also showed him to be a good husband and sober man, despite the rumor otherwise.
An Excellent Picture of the Wit of Sir Winston Churchill January 28, 2008
J. Todd Clippard
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a long-time admirer of Sir Winston Churchill. As a leader he had few (if any) equals, but I have always been impressed with his sharp wit and stinging retorts. One can learn much about the man from what is found in this little book, not only from the quotes attributed to him, but also from those zingers hurled his way by friend and foe alike. br /This book is an easy read. It can be picked up for a few moments' pleasure without distracting from the greatness that is Sir Winston Churchill.
I just like old Winston! November 10, 2006
Dale Johnston (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
You do have to think about many of his quips, most are very funny in a dry, perhaps a bit cynical manner. It is sometimes difficult to place his statements in the context of WW-II (I was born in 1944 and I do have a memory of that era because it was the biggest event in my parents lives - they talked about it all the time). br / br /After a session with Mr. Churchill, I often wish American politicians had a bit of his prespective (though I reall doubt they would ever get elected).
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