{"product_id":"voices-of-history-speeches-that-changed-the-world-paperback","title":"Voices of History: Speeches That Changed the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from empresses and conquerors to rock stars, novelists and sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan, and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Ronald Reagan, Nehru, and Muhammad Ali. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll human drama is here: from the carnage of battlefields to the theatre of courtrooms, from table talk to audiences of millions, from desperate last stands to orations of triumph, from noble calls for liberation to genocidal rants, from foolish delusions and strange confessions to defiant resistance and heartbreaking farewells. \u003ci\u003eVoices of History\u003c\/i\u003e spans centuries, continents, and cultures. In the accessible and gripping style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these seventy speeches are essential reading and how they enlighten our past, enrich our present, and inspire--as well as hold warnings for--our future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. \u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great and Potemkin\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. \u003ci\u003eStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/i\u003e won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. \u003ci\u003eYoung Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Award, and le Grande Prix de la biographie politique. \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e was a worldwide best seller. Montefiore's books are published in more than forty languages. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSashenka\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Night in Winter, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Paddy Power Political Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2014. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Montefiore graduated from Cambridge University, where he received his PhD. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768862015776,"sku":"9781984898180","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb1dc03ea9d0a293b44d5f8930b86a49.webp?v=1780339146","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/voices-of-history-speeches-that-changed-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}