Winston S. Churchill’s
A History of the English Speaking Peoples is the literary masterwork of the twentieth century’s greatest historical figure. This volume begins with Marlborough’s victory at Blenheim in 1704 and ends with Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, as Churchill recounts Britain’s rise to world leadership over the course of the eighteenth century. Churchill provides an excellent illustration of his unique literary voice, together with an introduction to his thoughts on the forces that shape human affairs.
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Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the leading political figures of the twentieth century. Through a long political career that extended from 1900 to 1964, he achieved high-level positions in the British Cabinet. Churchill reached his greatest fame as Prime Minister, most memorably during the Second World War. His ‘bulldog’ personality seemed to personify the British people’s will to survive and triumph over the Nazi threat.
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