Bibliograph

Voices of history, speeches that changed the world, Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Voices of history, speeches that changed the world, Simon Sebag Montefiore

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Voices of history

Oclc number

1253437718

Responsibility statement

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Sub title

speeches that changed the world

Summary

This book celebrates the great speeches of world history and cultural life. In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious; some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from empresses and conquerors to rock stars, novelists and sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan, and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Bob Dylan, Nehru and Muhammad Ali. All human drama is here: from the carnage of battlefields to the theatre of courtrooms, from table-talk to audiences of millions, from desperate last stands to orations of triumph, from noble calls for liberation to genocidal rants, from foolish delusions and strange confessions to defiant resistance and heartbreaking farewells, This book spans centuries, continents and cultures. In the accessible and gripping style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these seventy speeches are essential reading, and how they enlighten our past, enrich our present and inspire - and hold warnings for - our future

Table Of Contents

Resistance -- Dreamers -- Freedom -- Rise and fall -- Decency -- Battlefields -- Defiance -- Terror -- Trials -- Follies -- Power -- Peacemakers -- Revolution -- Warmongers -- Genocide -- Good vs evil -- Prophets -- Warnings -- Goodbyes

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