Speeches That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this is a fascinating history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it. This pack includes the audio of: Neville Chamberlain - 'Peace for our time'; Winston Churchill - 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'; Winston Churchill - 'This was their finest hour'; Winston Churchill - 'Never ...was so much owed by so many to so few'; Franklin D. Roosevelt - 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'; Franklin D. Roosevelt - 'A date which will live in infamy'; General Douglas MacArthur - 'I have just left your fighting sons in Korea...They are splendid in every way'; Jawaharlal Nehru - 'At the stroke of the midnight hour...India will awake to life and freedom'; Nelson Mandela - 'I am the First Accused'; Nelson Mandela - 'Free at last'; John F. Kennedy - 'Ask not what our country can do for you'; John F. Kennedy - 'Ich bin ein Berliner'; Martin Luther King Jnr - 'I have a dream'; Martin Luther King Jnr. - 'I've seen the promised land'; and, Richard M. Nixon - 'There can be no whitewash at the White House'. The pack also includes audio of: Chaim Herzog - 'Hate, ignorance and evil'; Mother Teresa - 'Love begins at home'; Ronald Reagan - 'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall'; F.W. de Klerk - 'The time for negotiation has arrived'; and, George W. Bush - 'A great people has been moved to defend a great nation'.
Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is the author of Potemkin: Prince of Princes and the award-winning Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. He lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847240873 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847240879 |
| Title | Speeches That Changed the World |
| Author | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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