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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Bloomsbury Revelations) Paperback – March 26, 2015
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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.
- The second volume – The New World – explores the emergence of Britain on the world stage and a turbulent period at home.
- The third volume – The Age of Revolution Churchill charts the rise of Great Britain as a world power and the long rivalry with France, the shadow of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and his defeat at Waterloo.
- The fourth and final volume - The Great Democracies - reaches the modern era.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBloomsbury Academic
- Publication dateMarch 26, 2015
- Dimensions6.32 x 3.88 x 9.29 inches
- ISBN-101474216315
- ISBN-13978-1474216319
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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 twentieth 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.
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- Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic (March 26, 2015)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1474216315
- ISBN-13 : 978-1474216319
- Item Weight : 4.5 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.32 x 3.88 x 9.29 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #339,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,202 in Great Britain History (Books)
- #6,940 in World History (Books)
- #9,370 in United States History (Books)
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Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) has been called 'the greatest Briton'. An international statesman, orator, biographer, historian, author and Nobel Prize winner, his works remain in print with the world's leading publishers.
Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, Winston spent several years in the army before becoming a newspaper correspondent and then an MP. His cabinet positions included First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War and later Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 and for five years led Britain though its 'finest hour'. Defeated in the July 1945 election, he was Leader of the Opposition until re-elected Prime Minister in 1951. He was knighted in 1953, the same year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He stepped down as Prime Minister in 1955 and remained an MP until 1964.
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Nowadays we know that there was some bias at work in favor of white European English-speaking peoples and this does sometimes get in the way with reading W, but since this is here his topic, it is not too bothersome. Where it does loom and itch a little is in the 4th volume. Otherwise, for his genius and scholarship and exuberance and vision, we mostly forgive him.
Things change. No matter how old he got, W never wanted to give up India. He just did not understand. But how he can write!!
I recommend almost everything he's written and there are just a few of his youthful war stories that are too imperialistic or Eurocentric to bear.





