{"product_id":"the-speedicut-papers-book-8-christopher-joll-9781524681746","title":"The Speedicut Papers Book 8 (1895-1900): At War With Churchill","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook 8 of The Speedicut Papers is primarily concerned\u003cbr\u003e with Speedicut's involvement with the young Winston Churchill\u003cbr\u003e on the North-West Frontier of India, in the Sudan at the Battle of\u003cbr\u003e Omdurman and in the Second Boer War, during which Speedicut is captured\u003cbr\u003e along with Churchill. When not acting as nursemaid to Britain's future\u003cbr\u003e greatest Prime Minister, Speedicut plays a central role, invariably\u003cbr\u003e with disastrous consequences, in the notorious Jameson Raid, \u003cbr\u003e Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the assassination\u003cbr\u003e of the Empress of Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Speedicut's opinions on the great figures of our time\u003cbr\u003e give a whole new meaning to the word iconoclast...\"\u003cbr\u003e Dr Samuel Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If all the men and women Speedicut slept with were laid end to end, \u003cbr\u003e I wouldn't be at all surprised.\"\u003cbr\u003e Dorothy Parker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill -\u003cbr\u003e except where that shit, Speedicut, is concerned.\"\u003cbr\u003e Winston S Churchill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Joll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1524681741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524681746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Christopher Joll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936481673471,"sku":"9781524681746","price":19.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d4548df4-a6c2-4341-9a0b-f29fea0b4136.jpg?v=1681425812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-speedicut-papers-book-8-christopher-joll-9781524681746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}