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Winston Churchill

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The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

1899

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About Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, FRS was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States. During his life, there was also a popular American author named [Winston Churchill](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL316976A/Winston_Churchill), and in order to avoid confusion between their published works, the British Churchill proposed a solution the following letter, dated June 7, 1899: > Mr. Winston Churchill presents his compliments to Mr. Winston Churchill, and begs to draw his attention to a matter which concerns them both. He has learnt from the Press notices that Mr. Winston Churchill proposes to bring out another novel, entitled [*Richard Carvel*](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2341792W/Richard_Carvel), which is certain to have a considerable sale both in England and America. Mr. Winston Churchill is also the author of [a novel now being published in serial form](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL134328W/Savrola) in Macmillan's Magazine, and for which he anticipates some sale both in England and America. He also proposes to publish on the 1st of October another [military chronicle on the Soudan War](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL134325W/The_River_War). He has no doubt that Mr. Winston Churchill will recognise from this letter — if indeed by no other means — that there is grave danger of his works being mistaken for those of Mr. Winston Churchill. He feels sure that Mr. Winston Churchill desires this as little as he does himself. **In future to avoid mistakes as far as p