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Fun

  • Writer: John Service
    John Service
  • Sep 21, 2025
  • 1 min read

One book that does not appear in the list of Churchill’s writings is a biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was not for lack of interest. “I really must try to write a Napoleon before I die,” he once told his wife. He never did.The two make an interesting contrast. That Churchill would have been the better company can hardly be doubted.He got fun out of life and made life fun for others – “fun” is not the word easily associated  with Napoleon.

 
 
 

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