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The Great Democracies

A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume IV

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The Great Democracies

Yazan: Sir Winston Churchill
Seslendiren: Christian Rodska
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The fourth and last volume in Churchill's famous account spans 1815 to 1901. It closes when the British Empire is at its peak, with a staggering one-fifth of the human race presided over by the longest reigning monarch in British history: Queen Victoria.

In America he assesses the position of the "Great Republic" from slavery and secession to its position as a world superpower. He charts the rise of Germany and the unification of Italy and examines the situation in the Balkans in 1878, all of which had a deep impact not only on the war he was soon to fight, but on the geography of the European continent today.

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This narrative puts into perspective how the civilised world functions today. what a debt the world owes to the English speaking people's.

A compelling case.

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Links together the facets and story which eluded your history teacher.

How did we get here, you may well have asked your father as you sat upon his knee?

Churchill tells you how and weaves world history from a Eurocentric perspective. Particularly how a small island off the northwest coast of Europe took the baton from Greece and Rome and led development of the modern world, its democracy and economy.

What went well, what didn't go well? Glaring mistakes are revealed.

That baton is now in the hands of the United States of America.

Everything you wanted to know and discover

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There's a good balance in this volume, it's not all about battles. That is until we come to the American Civil War. That that point we suddenly get great descriptive detail of all the twists and turns of the whole war. It reads like a novel in itself. Unfortunately, we don't get any information as to where the named rivers, towns, railways, mountain ranges etc are in relation to each other. Without maps to look at, the detail is wasted on the listener. Maybe the printed book comes with maps, I don't know.



The Best of the Four Volumes

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Good, but off that an author with a naval background completely bypassed the stirling work carried out by the West Africa Squadron in eliminating the transatlantic slave trade, at huge cost in lives.

Great series

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The content of the entire series is superb. The narration excellent. I have really enjoyed being educated about the history of ‘The English Speaking People’ of which I am a proud member.

Conclusion of a wonderful series

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