--- product_id: 117346957 title: "My Early Life" price: "AED 3" currency: AED in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/117346957-my-early-life store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # My Early Life **Price:** AED 3 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** My Early Life - **How much does it cost?** AED 3 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/117346957-my-early-life) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description One of the classic volumes of autobiography, My Early Life is a lively and colourful account of a young man's quest for action, adventure and danger. Churchill's schooldays are undistinguished, but he is admitted to Sandhurst and embarks on a career as a soldier and a war correspondent, seeing action in Cuba, in India, in the Sudan—where he took part in the battle of Omdurman, of which he gives us a stirring account—and finally in South Africa. Taken prisoner by the Boers, Churchill makes a daring escape. Back home he embarks on the political career that is to make him one of Britain's most distinguished parliamentarians. First published in 1930, when Churchill's most testing time still lay ahead of him, My Early Life is memorable both as an adventure-story and as an account of the events and influences that helped to shape the career of a great Englishman. Review: You won’t regret it - This is one of my new favorite books. It was so good, it made me rethink my philosophy on reading. In general, I like to read non-fiction, but this was so compelling and the story so dynamic it read like fiction in a non-fiction wrapper. To truly appreciate it, you do need to have some historical grounding. And for me somehow that made everything more interesting and more compelling. Churchill was a man drawn from the uber elite of aristocracy, yet he thrust himself into adventure and danger. He was as wild as he was deft and brilliant. This book offers a unique portrait for both a man and an empire and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Review: A manual on how to achieve greatness - This is a humorous and honest account that reveals why Churchill rose to the heights that he did. It is obvious he was imperfect (as we all are) and certainly carried the prejudices and conceits of his time and class. His childhood by no means was predictive of the greatness to come. In all the humorous accounts, it is painfully obvious he was a lousy student who apparently did not even finish school! His father correctly anticipated that he couldn't make it to the university. While Churchill had an affinity for the army since childhood, it took him all of three attempts to make it in. And even during the final attempt, he barely squeaked through at the bottom, because the more successful candidates preferred infantry to the expensive cavalry, which Churchill agreed to join. Churchill comes to his own in India where he not only set about to make up for lost time by reading voraciously, but grabbed every opportunity that came his way. Where there was none, he created the opportunity using all means (and they were not insignificant!) at his disposal. By sheer enthusiasm and tenacity, he became the person who was repeatedly in the right place at the right time. Churchill certainly does not portray himself as some super natural or extraordinarily gifted individual. It is a very readable account of persistence, courage (despite at times frankly admitted fears) and carrying on despite adversity. Along the way, we learn of his romantic notions and misguided enthusiasm for war being transformed through bitter experience. For all his opportunism, Churchill also had the courage to openly condemn the less than stellar conduct of his superiors, much to his own detriment (it most probably cost him a VC). It is the authenticity of his account written with good humor, that makes this autobiography so readable. While Churchill had the advantages of his social position, there were many others far better placed who couldn't achieve half as much. It confirms that most humans are capable of achieving greatness, if they would apply themselves and a little bit of luck smiles upon them. My only criticism is that the book ends abruptly, as if Churchill had a deadline to meet. Or, he simply got tired of the whole thing! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,044 in Memoirs (Books) #111,929 in Books on CD | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 711 Reviews | ## Images ![My Early Life - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+uABRMgIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You won’t regret it *by B***R on February 15, 2026* This is one of my new favorite books. It was so good, it made me rethink my philosophy on reading. In general, I like to read non-fiction, but this was so compelling and the story so dynamic it read like fiction in a non-fiction wrapper. To truly appreciate it, you do need to have some historical grounding. And for me somehow that made everything more interesting and more compelling. Churchill was a man drawn from the uber elite of aristocracy, yet he thrust himself into adventure and danger. He was as wild as he was deft and brilliant. This book offers a unique portrait for both a man and an empire and I cannot recommend it highly enough. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A manual on how to achieve greatness *by S***. on January 24, 2014* This is a humorous and honest account that reveals why Churchill rose to the heights that he did. It is obvious he was imperfect (as we all are) and certainly carried the prejudices and conceits of his time and class. His childhood by no means was predictive of the greatness to come. In all the humorous accounts, it is painfully obvious he was a lousy student who apparently did not even finish school! His father correctly anticipated that he couldn't make it to the university. While Churchill had an affinity for the army since childhood, it took him all of three attempts to make it in. And even during the final attempt, he barely squeaked through at the bottom, because the more successful candidates preferred infantry to the expensive cavalry, which Churchill agreed to join. Churchill comes to his own in India where he not only set about to make up for lost time by reading voraciously, but grabbed every opportunity that came his way. Where there was none, he created the opportunity using all means (and they were not insignificant!) at his disposal. By sheer enthusiasm and tenacity, he became the person who was repeatedly in the right place at the right time. Churchill certainly does not portray himself as some super natural or extraordinarily gifted individual. It is a very readable account of persistence, courage (despite at times frankly admitted fears) and carrying on despite adversity. Along the way, we learn of his romantic notions and misguided enthusiasm for war being transformed through bitter experience. For all his opportunism, Churchill also had the courage to openly condemn the less than stellar conduct of his superiors, much to his own detriment (it most probably cost him a VC). It is the authenticity of his account written with good humor, that makes this autobiography so readable. While Churchill had the advantages of his social position, there were many others far better placed who couldn't achieve half as much. It confirms that most humans are capable of achieving greatness, if they would apply themselves and a little bit of luck smiles upon them. My only criticism is that the book ends abruptly, as if Churchill had a deadline to meet. Or, he simply got tired of the whole thing! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very much worth reading. The more the world changes, the more it remains the same! *by P***R on November 14, 2014* Good Old Winston, “Winnie” to his closest friends - at his very best as writer and politician. Royalist by close lineage, and pragmatist politician by personal confident accomplishment, you can just sense his tongue pushing out the cheek as he nostalgically reminisces about his time as a Victorian British Sandhurst officer. Silently, the gesture poses the pregnant question to the reader of a later time: Has your generation really improved the world of your time. As I read, memory casts back to my dear mother who was born into that same time, a wealthy Mennonite, German conscientious objector and royalist herself, who, nevertheless, merited the golden National Socialist (Nazi) party badge because she believed in Hitler as the “savior” of the overstressed Germany of her time. (see American By Choice - From WWII Ashes to Celebration of Principle - Amazon Kindle, May 14, 2014) Yet, she vehemently objected to the German press maligning W. Churchill on the grounds that Britain would be perfectly justified to equally malign A. Hitler. Their generation certainly imposed their will on their time, but no more or no less benevolently than ours. The book vividly conveys life lived as a privileged member of white society, so privileged was that life that, even as a soldier, he could pull the necessary strings to be, or not to be sent to a particular theater of war, naturally, always accompanied by his servants. I had hoped for a more honest description of the inhuman methods used by Great Britain to finally win the Boer War. Churchill admits to them, but skips over the detail. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/117346957-my-early-life](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/117346957-my-early-life) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-28*