My Early Life, also known in the US as A Roving Commission: My Early Life, is a 1930 book by Winston Churchill. It is an autobiography from his birth in 1874 to around 1902. The book closes with mention of his marriage in 1908, stating that he lived happily ever after.
Cover of a paperback edition of My Early Life, 2011
Churchill aged 21 as a subaltern in the 4th Hussars, 1895
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is a book written by Winston Churchill. It is a personal record of Churchill's impressions during the first five months of the Second Boer War. It includes an account of the Relief of Ladysmith, and also the story of Churchill's capture and dramatic escape from the Boers. The book was first published in 1900, and dedicated to the staff of the Natal Government railway.
A first edition copy of London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.
Churchill's diagram of the State Model School where he was held prisoner