Articles liés à The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
L'édition de cet ISBN n'est malheureusement plus disponible.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Brian MacArthur brings together the words of over a hundred men and women – from Moses to Mandela – who changed the world through the sheer power of their oratory. Gladstone and Disraeli, and Pitt and Fox before them, forged the politics of their age through ferocious verbal combat in the House of Commons. Abraham Lincoln transformed forever the way Americans interpret the Civil War and their national destiny. Churchill, Kennedy and Martin Luther King inspired generations with their hopes and dreams. The world's most effective speakers, argues MacArthur, have always known how 'to move hearts or inspire great deeds, to uplift spirits or cast down enemies'. His definitive collection demonstrates that claim with many rousing examples.
Revue de presse
Impeccable. MacArthur prefaces each address with a short but scholarly historical explanation that sets the scene perfectly. An attractive volume with a splendidly pithy introducton (Andrew Roberts Sunday Times)
MacArthur wisely [concentrates] on certain political conflicts - gathering together the oratory of the American Civil War or the campaign for female suffrage. His book works well not just as an anthology but as a history of those episodes (Independent on Sunday)
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
(Aucun exemplaire disponible)
Chercher: Créez une demandeVous ne trouvez pas le livre que vous recherchez ? Nous allons poursuivre vos recherches. Si l'un de nos libraires l'ajoute aux offres sur AbeBooks, nous vous le ferons savoir !
Créez une demande
