The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
$25.19
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
13 November 2017
Summary
The world’s most famous speeches, together in one volume
From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have helped both change the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped. A great orator, however, has to have the right words and the right message to inspire his or her followers.
The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world’s greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241982396 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241982391 |
| Author: | Brian MacArthur |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 13 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Women And Men In History |
Critics Review
Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume with a splendidly pithy introducton
Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume with a splendidly pithy introducton – Andrew Roberts * Sunday Times *
MacArthur wisely [concentrates] on certain political conflicts - gathering together the oratory of the American Civil War or the campaign for female suffrage. His book works well not just as an anthology but as a history of those episodes * Independent on Sunday *
A collection to stir the blood and lift the heart * Daily Mail *
Brian MacArthur
Brian MacArthur was founder editor of Today and The Times Higher Education Supplement, and editor of the Western Morning News. He was deputy editor of the Sunday Times and executive editor of The Times.
He has written Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-1945.
He has been interested in the power of oratory since first hearing Aneurin Bevan on the hustings in 1956 and has edited The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches and The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest.
Brian MacArthur lives in Norfolk and London and has two daughters.
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