An authoritative survey of the history of English-speaking peoples throughout the world combines intriguing biographical profiles--of Alfred the Great, Victoria, Lincoln, and other notables--with an account of the key events and issues of the era.
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Don't Read This Edition,
By Nariaki Imamura (Osaka) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Hardcover)
I thought I'd be smart. I thought I'd read the Commager abridgement of this work and get the essentials from the history without thousands of pages of needless verbiage or grandiloquence. After about 200 pages I realized the errors of my judgment and bought and read the entire 4 volume set. The reason is simple: If you are going to read Churchill, read Churchill! The unabridged version is much more enjoyable, rewarding, and readable.
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Churchill- Between Fighting Wars He Was A Hell Of A Writer,
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This review is from: Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Hardcover)
Churchill's 'History of the English Speaking People's' is presented as all history should be presented- with a keen understanding of the events as they unfolded, an amazing ability to convey the motivations and passions of the people involved, and with a profound wit. Churchill effortlessly tells us the story of England from it's earliest settlement to the eve of World War I. His insights into such events as the Boer War, the Conflicts with Napoleon, and the American Civil War are unparrelled. If you want to learn more of how the Anglo-American world came to be this four volume set is more than worth a look.
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Who better to know the subject?,
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This review is from: Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Hardcover)
Exhaustive, pithy, insightful, illuminating and in places funny as hell; it is rare to say of a four-volume work, "I couldn't put it down", but of Churchill's work I say it truthfully.
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