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Thoughts and Adventures

By: Winston Churchill
Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
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This wide-ranging collection of essays allows the contemporary reader to grasp the extraordinary variety and depth of the statesman's mature thoughts on questions, both grave and gay, facing modern man.

Churchill begins by asking what it would be like to live your life over again and ends by describing his love affair with painting. In between he touches on subjects as diverse as spies, cartoons, submarines, elections, flying, and the future.

Reading these essays, originally dictated late at night in the 1920s in his study as the 'pot-boilers', first published in magazines and newspapers, by which he was able to support his family and live like a lord without inherited wealth, is like being invited to dinner at his country seat at Chartwell, where the soup was limpid, Pol Roger champagne flowed, the pudding had a theme, and Churchill entertained lucky visitors with vivid conversation, dominated by himself.

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This book is another prime example of the unbelievable mind of Winston Churchill. A shining sample of his ability to express his thoughts and ideas through the written word. His dinner conversations must have been epic. More than just a great statesman, he was a man for the ages.

Another great read by Sir Winston Churchill

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Super fun and exciting reading. Well narrated ! His insights across the board are very thoughtful!

He is such a lively writer

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Thought and reflections on major events in history are incredible, his insight on these events that have not only changed our own lives but in some cases were influenced by him

The scope of Winston’s thoughts is amazing

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Churchill is a brilliant writer and tells a good story! This book was enjoyable for me, but ultimately felt very pointless. By that, I mean there was no unifying thought or purpose behind this collection. You couldn’t trace a thread of ideas between them. And while the occasionally has some good insights, they didn’t have enough cumulative wisdom to make them worth the time to read them. If you go into this book just looking for some amusing observations on the early 20th century, it will be an enjoyable read, but don’t anticipate more than that.

Mostly Pointless

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