Young Churchill: Born to Lead (TRIH eps 239-241)
1899 · Resource
In this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a multipart look at the making of Winston Churchill, concentrating on his childhood and early career. They explore Churchill's conviction of destiny from adolescence, his appetite for danger and adventure, and his literary flair, noting episodes from his schooling at preparatory schools and Harrow through Sandhurst. The hosts examine the dysfunctional family background—Lord Randolph Churchill's political rise and collapse, and Jennie Jer...
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Around 1899
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Einstein's miracle year (Annus Mirabilis) (1905)
- Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)