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Churchill

The Power of Words

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Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation with their powerful style and thoughtful reflection.

In this book Churchill's official biographer, Martin Gilbert, has skilfully selected 200 extracts from his entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect his life story, career and philosophy. From intimate memories of his childhood to his contributions to half a century of debates on war and social policy, we see how Churchill used words for different purposes: to argue for moral causes; to advocate action in the national and international spheres; and to tell of his own struggles, setbacks and achievements.

Martin Gilbert's informed choice of extracts and his illuminating explanations linking them together create a compelling biography of Churchill as recounted in the great man's own inimitable words.

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Inexplicable that this famous peroration was not chosen by Martin Gilbert. The other famous parts of Churchill’s speeches were included. Surely not a fair exclusion

Where is ‘this was their finest hour’?

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I found the narration very good and easy to listen too. It's a very long listen and the book seems to cover his life through his speeches. I'm not political inclined and have no background knowledge about british politics but these books seem to give a good snapshot back in time. I liked it and it just made me like Churchill even more.

i a good book

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complete crap, waste of a credit and my time. Not worth reviewing this complete drissle.

worst book ever

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