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Here is a history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times. Churchill's resonant prose brings to vivid and compelling life the political, constitutional and military landmarks of our history his purpose, to show that a sense of how man may live decently and democratically grew from the heritage of these islands.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain during World War I. Throughout his long and distinguished political career, his writing was prolific. Churchill received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
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(Subject: Political & Biographies - Churchill Collection) An abridgement of the four volumes of a History of the English Speaking Peoples published in 1964. A narrative history of the British Isles from the Roman Invasion to Victorian times. (Published: 1985) (Publisher: Webb & Bower Publishers) (ISBN: 0863501133) (Pagination: Large Format 310pp illustrations.) (Condition: Green Boards rubbed Good) UL-XXXXXX. Seller Inventory # 35529-01
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