Winston Spencer Churchill – Savrola – Sevenpenny Library Edition 1905
£50.00
Hodder & Stoughton’s Sevenpenny Library edition. Small volume, 16mo. pp 260. Frontispiece illustration. Red cloth in very good condition with wear to the extremities. Hole to around forty pages.
Winston Churchill’s only novel, a political thriller set in the fictional European country of Laurania. It follows Savrola, a charismatic revolutionary who fights against a tyrannical ruler, Molara. As he navigates political intrigue, rebellion, and romance with Molara’s wife, the novel explores themes of power, duty, and democracy. Though not widely celebrated, ‘Savrola’ reflects Churchill’s early political ideals and passion for leadership, foreshadowing his future as a statesman.
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Hodder & Stoughton’s Sevenpenny Library edition. Small volume, 16mo. pp 260. Frontispiece illustration. Red cloth in very good condition with wear to the extremities. Hole to around forty pages.
Winston Churchill’s only novel, a political thriller set in the fictional European country of Laurania. It follows Savrola, a charismatic revolutionary who fights against a tyrannical ruler, Molara. As he navigates political intrigue, rebellion, and romance with Molara’s wife, the novel explores themes of power, duty, and democracy. Though not widely celebrated, ‘Savrola’ reflects Churchill’s early political ideals and passion for leadership, foreshadowing his future as a statesman.
