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The roar of the lion : the untold story of Churchill's World War II speeches / by Richard Toye.
Van Pelt Library DA566.9.C5 T69 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Toye, Richard, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Oratory.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Oratory.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- The essential book on Winston Churchill's classic World War II speeches-one that will change the way we think about Churchill's oratory forever. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The epitaph of capitalism
- Winston will explain everything
- The Duke of Marlborough all over again
- If Hitler invaded Hell
- He's no speaker, is he?
- What a wartime speech should be, I suppose
- Throwing a temperament like a bloody film star
- Hush, hush, hush, here comes the bogy man.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199642526
- 0199642524
- OCLC:
- 841671919
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