Great Speeches of Our Time: Speeches that Shaped the Modern World - Softcover

Williams, Hywel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780877463 ISBN 13: 9781780877464

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

'Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves.'

These powerful words, spoken by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address as the new president of South Africa, are taken from just one of the forty important and thought-provoking speeches in this collection.

Ranging from 1945 to the present day, they provide an important insight into the modern world. Inspirational speeches by Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and many others are supplemented with biographies of each speaker, as well an exploration of their words' significance and an historical account of the consequences of their oratory.

This is a history of the recent and contemporary world told through the speeches that shaped it.

About this title

About the Author:

Hywel Williams is a renowned historian, newspaper columnist, political advisor and TV presenter. He is the author of the famous political exposé Guilty Men and the massive Cassell's Chronology of World History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1780877463
• ISBN 13: 9781780877464
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240