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Fifty speeches from every period of British history, from the medieval era to the present, and a fascinating context that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history.
Synopsis
50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history.
The speechmakers are: King Henry V; Queen Elizabeth I; King Charles I; Oliver Cromwell; Earl of Shelburne; Edmund Burke (3); Charles James Fox (2); William Pitt (2); Warren Hastings; William Wilberforce; R.B. Sheridan; Robert Peel; Charles Grey; Thomas Carlyle; Lord Palmerston; John Bright (2); Benjamin Disraeli; William Gladstone; James Campbell-Bannerman; F.E. Smith; David Lloyd George (2); Stanley Baldwin; King Edward VIII; King George VI; Winston Churchill (4); Aneurin Bevan; Harold Macmillan (2); Hugh Gaitskell (2); Nigel Birch; Harold Wilson; Enoch Powell (2); Michael Foot; Margaret Thatcher (2); Neil Kinnock; Geoffrey Howe; Charles Spencer; Tony Blair.,
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About the Author
Simon Heffer was deputy editor of the Spectator and deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph and the papers political columnist. He has been a columnist for the Daily Mail and a prolific contributor to other newspapers and periodicals. He is the author of Thomas Carlyle, Enoch Powell, and Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England.