The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill - Couverture rigide

Enright, Dominique

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1854795295 ISBN 13 : 9781854795298

Editeur : Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Physical description; 162 p. : ill,ports. ; 20cm. Subjects; Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 - Quotations. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 - Humor.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

He took his seat in Parliament in the reign of Queen Victoria, and died when Lyndon Johnson was in his second year as US President. He fought as a soldier in four campaigns and as a war correspondent made an epic escape from Boer captivity. He wrote histories, biographies, memoirs, and even a novel, while his journalism, speeches and broadcasts run to millions of words. From 1940 he inspired and united the British people on the brink of defeat and guided their war effort first to resist and ultimately to crush the Axis powers. Sir Winston Churchill was also a man of vast humanity and enormous wit. His most famous speeches and sayings have passed into history but many of his aphorisms, puns and jokes are less well known. This enchanting collection brings together hundreds of his wittiest and wickedest quips as a record of all that was best about this lovable, infuriatingly conceited, wildly funny, and brilliantly talented Englishman.

Biographie de l'auteur :

The daughter of the late poet, writer and critic D.J. Enright, Dominique Enright is a freelance writer and editor. Her other works include Winston Churchill - The Greatest Briton (2003), The Wicket Wit of Women (2000, 2003) The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen and The Wicked Wit of William Shakespeare (both 2003), as well as collections of the poetry of Wordsworth, Burns, Keats and Kipling (2002).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1854795295
• ISBN 13: 9781854795298
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 162