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"Where do individuals come from, who at a difficult moment are able to unite an entire nation? What determines the heroes' fates – their personal choice or life circumstances? Winston Churchill, at age 24, was confident that he would reach absolute peaks in politics. However, it took him 40 years to make his path to the highest political office. The New York Times bestseller. The book covers the period of the Boer War – the phase that, according to Churchill, laid the foundation for his future life." Translated from English by Kateryna Zarembo In Ukrainian. Type of the edition: hard cover Format: 142x210 mm Number of pages: 360, illustrated Publisher: Nash Format, Kyiv Contents: - Proloh Chastyna 1. "Druhyy Chemberlen" - Smert‘ po santymetrakh - Hraviyovana dolonja - Nashchadok - Do boju Chastyna 2. Vhlyb Afryky - Bozhe, berezhy korolevu - "Z nas dosyt‘" - Hirshe, nizh bud‘-koly - Kray kaminnja ta chaharnyku Chastyna 3. Vypadok - Smertel‘na pastka - Prykryy promakh - U levovu pashchu - Suvora nevblahanna smert‘ Chastyna 4. Viys‘kovopoloneni - Korytysja, slukhaty y terpity - "Ja z zhalem povidomljaju Vam" - Misto mertsiv - Chornyy tyzhden‘ - Vytvir vidchaydushnoho ta hrandioznoho bezumstva - "Dali ja pidu sam" Chastyna 5. U sertsi vorozhoho kraju - Bil‘she vidvahy - "Dozvol‘te vidklanjatysja" - Na samoti - "Vi is daar?" - Nevydymyy voroh - Promin‘ nadiji - Plan - Junion Dzhek - Pisljamova - Podjaky - Prymitky - Vybrana bibliohrafija
Publisher: Nash Format
Catalogue number: ISBN 9786177552306
Year: 2018
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