With a sequence of specially selected illustrations, and a pithy introduction to each speech by Cannadine, this collection gives an unforgettably vivid picture of Churchill the orator in action. His voice may be silenced, but his words still speak.
With a sequence of specially selected illustrations, and a pithy introduction to each speech by Cannadine, this collection gives an unforgettably vivi...
Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation with their powerful style and thoughtful reflection. In this book Churchill's official biographer, Martin Gilbert, has skilfully selected 200 extracts from his entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect his life story, career and philosophy. From intimate memories of his childhood to his contributions to half a century of debates...
Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed b...
Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill's first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa and Cuba. Churchill evokes a so-called golden age before 1914 in his autobiography.
Packed with adventure and incidents, Winston Churchill's first 25 years were spent working as a soldier and a war correspondent in India, South Africa...
On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally erupted into the conflict that would become known as the Second Boer War. Two days after the first shots were fired, a young writer by the name of Winston Churchill set out for South Africa to cover the conflict for the Morning Post.
The Boer War brings together the two collections of despatches that Churchill published on the conflict. London to Ladysmith recounts the future Prime Minister's arrival in South Africa and...
On October 11th,1899 long-simmering tensions between Britain and the Boer Republics - the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic - finally er...
A great statesmen, a masterful historian whose writings won him the Nobel Prize for a literatureand a war-time leader with few peers, Sir Winston Churchill is rememberedperhaps most clearly today for the sheer power of his oratory: the speechesthat rallied a nation in its darkest hour and steeled that nation for victoryagainst the might of the Fascist powers."Never Give In " celebrates this oratory by gathering togetherChurchill's most powerful speeches from throughout his public career. Carefullyselected by his grandson, this collection includes all his best known speeches -from his great...
A great statesmen, a masterful historian whose writings won him the Nobel Prize for a literatureand a war-time leader with few peers, Sir Winston Chur...
"I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the twosupreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in thissecond struggle with Germany for more than five years the head of His Majesty'sGovernment. I write therefore from a different standpoint and with moreauthority than was possible in my earlier books. I do not describe it as ahistory, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidencethat it is a contribution to history which will be of service to the future." "Sir Winston Churchill" From the origins of the conflict, the rise of Hitler and...
"I am perhaps the only man who has passed through the twosupreme cataclysms of recorded history in high executive office... I was in thissecond strugg...
