{"product_id":"churchills-confidant-isbn-9781472140760","title":"Churchill's Confidant","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBrought together first as enemies in the  Anglo-Boer War, and later as allies in the First World War, the  remarkable, and often touching, friendship between Winston Churchill and  Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn youth they occupied  very different worlds: Churchill, the rambunctious and thrusting young  aristocrat; Smuts, the aesthetic, philosophical Cape farm boy who would  go on to Cambridge. Both were men of exceptional talents and  achievements and, between them, the pair had to grapple with some of the  twentieth century's most intractable issues, not least of which the  task of restoring peace and prosperity to Europe after two of mankind's  bloodiest wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a maze of archival and secondary  sources including letters, telegrams and the voluminous books written  about both men, Richard Steyn presents a fascinating account of two  remarkable men in war and peace: one the leader of the Empire, the other  the leader of a small fractious member of that Empire who nevertheless  rose to global prominence.","brand":"Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894889804005,"sku":"NP9781472140760","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/1160247a-17fb-4861-a092-ab02018439f1.jpg?v=1767849137","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/churchills-confidant-isbn-9781472140760","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}