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Title | : | The Age of Revolution (A History of the English-Speaking Peoples #3) |
Author | : | Winston S. Churchill |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 322 pages |
Published | : | (first published 1957) |
Categories | : | History. Nonfiction |
Winston S. Churchill
Hardcover | Pages: 322 pages Rating: 4.23 | 827 Users | 57 Reviews
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The third volume of Sir Winston Churchill's classic history. During the long period of 1688 to 1815, three revolutions took place and all led to war between the British and the French. The English Revolution of 1688 made a new enemy of an old foe; the American Revolution of 1775 saw the United States finally declare independence; and the French Revolution of 1789 reverberated across Europe for years to come. Who better to capture the character and vigour of Wellington, Walpole, Nelson and Pitt than the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory in Europe in 1945?
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ISBN: | 0304363928 (ISBN13: 9780304363926) |
Series: | A History of the English-Speaking Peoples #3 |
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The third volume of History of the English Speaking People's moves slower the its predecessors, and is the most devoted to British political history. The first half of the book is magnificent. That is due to the prominence of The Duke of Marlborough, Churchill's famous ancestor, and his prominence in the councils of Queen Anne. The latter half of the work is still good, but understandably jumps around from Britain to North America. Still, some of the pages are sublime. Churchill's treatment ofChurchill continued his fabulous History of the English Speaking Peoples with a tour de force of Marlborough, Walpole, and both the Pitts. In my reviews of other volumes, I've waxed eloquent on how readable Churchill makes his stories and insights--this volume is no exception to that.Churchill covers his great ancestor Marlborough in detail (interesting to me since I think American audiences often cover English history up to Jamestown in 1607 and then skip ahead to 1776) and his campaigns on the
Review title: The English-speaking peoples start speaking with an accentA note about the structure of Churchill's four-volume history of the English speaking peoples: each volume is equally divided into three books (a total of 12 then for the set), each covering a major era or event in the history, sometimes spanning centuries in the first couple of books as there is little recorded history to report, and sometimes covering just a few years or decades--or a less-great event than others. This is
I read this ages ago (1987 or 88?) but picked it up now to get a little background info to better understand the Hanoverians. It didn't really help with that, but was an interesting and well-written book. Churchill's writing isn't as moving as his speeches, but is very good. Will probably re-read the other 3 volumes of his A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 Vols.
This book flows through history so seamlessly I had trouble imagining how it was even written. I get the impression Churchill sat down to write out some of his thoughts on history and out popped this amazing flow. It feels as if he is just telling us what he knows and it is amazing, as if the timeline of history just flows from his heart in almost day by day order. Simply wonderful. I am thrilled there is another volume ahead.
Churchills broad history, which he began writing in the wilderness years of the 1930s and only finished in the 1950s, is the story of great leaders rising to the occassion when war or political crisis threatens. In this, the third volume, he focuses on the three revolutions between 1688 and 1789, and the Duke of Marlborough, Good Queen Anne, Robert Walpole, William Pitt, Robert Clive, Lord Nelson, George Washington, Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington figure prominently. Churchill takes a
Really good read. From reading a Churchill biography recently, I learned that Churchill had assistants do the research and he put it all together. It seems the final words and thoughts are his, at least. He was a remarkable writer and Ive very glad for these four books - this is the third. It adds to the depth of understanding history. Interestingly, Churchill never discussed Sally Hemings when discussing Thomas Jefferson. Nor did he focus on slavery when discussing the founding of the US -
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