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Churchill's autobiography, referenced multiple times throughout the episode as the source for descriptions of his early adventures, including his time in Cuba, India, and Sudan

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Churchill compares seeing Cuba for the first time to Captain Silver gazing on Treasure Island, quoted from his writing about arriving in Cuba

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Discussed as one of the major works Churchill read during his autodidactic period in Bangalore, India. Churchill wrote 'I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end'

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Churchill read Aristotle's Ethics during his self-education period and famously remarked 'it was very good, but it's extraordinary how much of it I had already thought out for myself'

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Mentioned as a contrast to the simpler imperial adventure stories, noting that Churchill's writing about empire was 'not Heart of Darkness' in terms of moral complexity

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Referenced alongside Heart of Darkness as an example of more morally complex imperial literature compared to boys' adventure stories

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Mentioned alongside Henty as representative of British imperial adventure writing of the period

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Referenced alongside Treasure Island as examples of the adventure story worldview through which Churchill saw his imperial experiences

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Dominic compares Churchill's ambivalent writing about imperial warfare to the Flashman novels, noting similar themes of adventure mixed with awareness of moral ambiguity