A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume 1: The Birth of Britain

ISBN-13: 9781472585240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 344 str.

Sir Winston S Churchill

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"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past." The Daily Telegraph Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston S. Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's 'wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history.The first volume - The Birth of Britain - tells the story of the formation of the British state, from the arrival of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire through the invasions of the Vikings and the Normans, the signing of the Magna Carta and establishment of the mother of parliaments to the War of the Roses.

Spis treści

PrefaceMaps and Genealogical TablesBook I: The Island Race1. Britannia2. Subjugation3. The Roman Province4. The Lost Island5. England6. The Vikings7. Alfred the Great8. The Saxon DuskBook II: The Making of the Nation1. The Norman Invasion2. William the Conqueror3. Growth and Turmoil4. Henry Plantagenet5. The English Common Law6. Coeur de Lion7. Magna Carta8. On the Anvil9. The Mother of Parliaments10. King Edward I11. Bannockburn12. Scotland and Ireland13. The Long-Bow14. The Black DeathBook III: The End of the Feudal Age1. King Richard II and the Social Revolt2. The Usurpation of Henry Bolingbroke3. The Empire of Henry V4. Joan of Arc5. York and Lancaster6. The Wars of the Roses7. The Adventures of Edward IV8. Richard IIIIndex

O autorze

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940-1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.