Book 8 of The Speedicut Papers is primarily concernedwith Speedicuts involvement with the young Winston Churchillon the North-West Frontier of India, in the Sudan at the Battle ofOmdurman and in the Second Boer War, during which Speedicut is capturedalong with Churchill. When not acting as nursemaid to Britains futuregreatest Prime Minister, Speedicut plays a central role, invariablywith disastrous consequences, in the notorious Jameson Raid,Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee and the assassinationof the Empress of Austria.Speedicuts opinions on the great figures of our timegive a whole new meaning to the word iconoclastDr Samuel JohnsonIf all the men and women Speedicut slept with were laid end to end,I wouldnt be at all surprised.Dorothy ParkerIn defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity; in peace, goodwill except where that shit, Speedicut, is concerned.Winston S Churchill
