Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) was the greatest of Britain’s war prime ministers, leading the country and the Empire through its darkest hour in confronting the Nazi Scourge. He was also a gifted writer and historian, and “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples”, illuminating and entertaining on every page of four volumes, is already a classic history text. His tribute to the inspirational Joan of Arc resounds with the awe her contemporaries must have felt in witnessing her remarkable, and well-documented, exploits (See esteemed historian Regine Pernoud’s outstanding book, ‘Joan of Arc’). Here is a paraphrase of Churchill’s account of the teenage warrior.
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Joan of Arc as seen by Winston Churchill
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Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) was the greatest of Britain’s war prime ministers, leading the country and the Empire through its darkest hour in confronting the Nazi Scourge. He was also a gifted writer and historian, and “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples”, illuminating and entertaining on every page of four volumes, is already a classic history text. His tribute to the inspirational Joan of Arc resounds with the awe her contemporaries must have felt in witnessing her remarkable, and well-documented, exploits (See esteemed historian Regine Pernoud’s outstanding book, ‘Joan of Arc’). Here is a paraphrase of Churchill’s account of the teenage warrior.