An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
241. Young Churchill: Prisoner and Fugitive (Part 3)
October 10, 2022
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Stephen Runciman
Context:
Referenced as 'the Crusades historian' when discussing Walter Runciman being his father, implying his historical works on the Crusades
Author: Andrew Roberts
Context:
Referenced as a biography of Churchill - 'In his biography, Andrew Roberts says of this moment, Churchill always had good luck'
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Context:
Churchill read this book while hiding in the mine during his escape - 'He's got Stephen's, Robert Louis Stephen's, all things with him. So he reads Kidnapped. He says, he finds it very thrilling.'