Churchill: The Power of Words: His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches - Rilegato

Churchill, Winston

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ISBN 10: 0306821559 ISBN 13: 9780306821554

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2012

Riassunto

A renowned historian and author of Churchill: A Life presents a selection of 100 definitive excerpts from the British prime minister and Nobel Prize-winning writer's books, articles and speeches, in a volume that explores subjects ranging from Churchill's youth and views on social policy to his military experiences and post-war achievements.

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Recensione:

Washington Times, 7/31/12“What makes this particular volume stand out is the expert’s encyclopedic knowledge about the subject—and his keen eye in choosing the most exceptional works of a man who wrote and spoke so many of them. Mr. Gilbert has long been Churchill’s greatest champion, but he wisely takes a secondary role to simply provide brief thoughts on each excerpt’s historical significance. In doing so, Churchill’s astonishing mastery of the English language can thereby do all the talking...a superb volume of Churchill’s writings and speeches.”

Veterans Reporter, 9/1/12“[A] masterful book and a history worth buying and reading and paying attention to.”

Buffalo News, 9/30/12“Churchill’s speeches...sing in a way English language statesmen and politicians have tried unsuccessfully to match ever since. This volume has them all, and in chronological order, often with brief lead-ins to supply context, so it can be read as a history of the British Empire during the first have of the 20th century, or used as an anthology of Churchillian quotations...Kudos to Sir Gilbert for the service he has performed in packing the best of Churchill into one comprehensible volume.”

L'autore:

Martin Gilbert is Churchill's official biographer and one of Britain’s leading historians. He is the author of eighty-two books, includingChurchill: A Life. He is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a Distinguished Fellow of Hillsdale College, Michigan. He lives in London.

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• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0306821559
• ISBN 13: 9780306821554
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 485
• Redattore: Gilbert Martin