Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Winston Churchill's Famous Speeches (英语) 平装

基本信息

出版社: Penguin Classics (2007年12月18日)

丛书名: Penguin Classics

平装: 416页

语种： 英语

ISBN: 0141442069

条形码: 9780141442068

商品尺寸: 13 x 2.8 x 20.3 cm

商品重量: 308 g

ASIN: 0141442069

内容简介

The collected speeches of the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time 

The only political leader to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Winston Churchill used language as a weapon at a time when he possessed nothing more than an empty armory with which to fight his nation's enemies. In this major volume, David Cannadine-one of the foremost historians of modern Britain-selects thirty-three speeches ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill honed his rhetoric until the day when, in the words of Edward R. Murrow, "he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle." A landmark of political speechmaking, perfect for the election year, Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat is an essential addition to the library of every Churchill fan.

媒体推荐

"Churchill was a word-spinner of genius. . . . A splendid anthology."

-The Sunday Telegraph (London)

作者简介

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. A prolific writer whose works include The Second World War and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.

David Cannadine is the author, most recently, of Mellon: An American Life, as well as The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, which won the Lionel Trilling Prize and the Governors' Award. He teaches at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.