A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

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William Shakespeare was certainly an admirer; his plays and many forms of literature prove this and have stood the test of time like no other of his era; though some may come close – no author has outlasted his popularity and he was by this American’s standard an excellent representative of his era to History.

Very near fine set comprising the four First Edition volumes of Churchill s classic history, illustrated with maps and genealogical tables. The bottom turn-in of each rear pastedown features the gilt-stamped signature "BOUND BY KINGSPORT PRESS". The dust jackets are bound in a uniform style with a horizontal band of color across the front face and spine against a contrasting color, but each jacket features a different color scheme and front cover photograph portrait of Churchill on the lower front face. The work met with acclaim and proved an international best-seller, further vindicating Churchill's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.By reading this 4-volume book, one gets a glimpse of Winston Churchill's intricate thinking pattern. This is truly King James I lasting legacy – a thorough, complete, and unbiased edition in English of the Holy Scriptures.

For their part, the Cossacks themselves and the Tsar forget the methodology employed that helped to kick Napoleon out of Moscow and so there are many sad stories that ensue – only the French seem to have updated their weaponry in the between years of war and Army in these years that followed Waterloo. In his book “Reflections of the French Revolution” by Edmund Burke – he reflects upon the differences of the English and French Revolutions. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Work was interrupted in 1939 when the Second World War broke out and Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and became Prime Minister a year later. Back in the mists of time on that little Anglo-Saxon island there was kindled the flame of freedom and equality for the individual.This full, four-volume publisher's presentation set is near fine plus in very good plus dust jackets. And of course, had to stop and print out maps of the travels and conquests of the Vikings all over Europe. S. first edition is very similar in appearance to the concurrent Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) edition. The British and European view of our internal hostility for the time during the reign of Queen Victoria was in fact refreshing and unbiased. During his wartime speech at Harvard, among the "ties of blood and history" Churchill cited were, "Law, language, literature - these are considerable factors.

Sir WSC provided a 2016 laugh from me out loud as I read his description of “old crooked back” (King Richard III) which was the last chapter of Volume I.

This idea grew and was spread over the earth by the English-speaking peoples, and has now brought democracy to the whole free world, and become the shining hope of the future of mankind. He was clearly satisfied with the result, remarking with pardonable exuberance, "It opens like an angel's wings" (Gilbert, Volume VIII, p.

Churchill has been rightfully penned as the “Last Lion” (William Manchester) and if this is the case then certainly the “First Lion” would have to be King Henry II (the “Coeur de Lion” is King Richard I). This enabled him to utilize the literary team he had assembled for the biography, to which he added dozens of outlines he had solicited from scholars. The impact of the French Revolution on the European Continent was in reflection for the English the same sort of situation with their own Revolution of 1688. a company for carrying on an undertaking of such GREAT ADVANTAGE, but no one is to know what it is…” or so the advertisement read in the London Times.Consequently he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history: around a quarter of the third volume, The Age of Revolution, is dedicated to the War of Independence, and a full third of the final volume, The Great Democracies, contains a detailed study of the American Civil War. Directions were clear, tendentious rendition and interpretation prevented and each committee then had to submit their section to the next committee for review. And while I know where England is, of course, Wales, and Scotland and Ireland, I had no idea where Dobnni, Catuvellauni or the town of Durobrivae was/is located during the time that Rome inhabited Great Britain.