Speeches That Changed The World: Book & Audio Cd 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. 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'. • Richard M. Nixon. 'There can be no whitewash at the White House'. • 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'. • George W. Bush. 'A great people has been moved to defend a great nation'. This 2007 Quercus Hardback is in very good condition. Dj, heavy, includes CD.

ISBN: 9781847240873 SKU: 1450740 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

Location: Non Fiction