River War

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was the legendary Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill also served as an officer in the British Army and he was the first person to be named an honorary citizen of the United States of America. Churchill was also a well-respected writer and his efforts were rewarded by winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

The River War

Published in 1899, The River War is Churchill's first hand account of the Mahdist War in the Sudan.