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The Age of Revolution (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Volume 3
By Winston S. Churchill and Jeffrey Webb
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Winston S. Churchill's A History of the English Speaking Peoples is the literary masterwork of the twentieth century's greatest historical figure. Beginning with Marlborough's victory at Blenheim in 1704 and ending with Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, Churchill recounts Britain's rise to world leadership over the course of the eighteenth century. In this volume Churchill provides an excellent illustration of his unique literary voice, together with an introduction to his thoughts on the forces that shape human affairs.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Churchill unfolds the events and personages of this narrative with striking prose that make it almost as much great literature as great history. He's like the British Livy. (9/10).
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A literate visit to the shrines of the development of the British way of governing with an emphasis on the "Glorious Revolution " of 1688. Covering the growth of the idea of "The Crown" (the will of the people as shown by their elected Representatives), as contrasted with the will of the individual monarchs. "To save the Crown it was necessary to execute the monarch", about sums it up.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Churchill's writing is unlike any other I have ever read - mellifluous, songlike in tempo, factual in every respect and an eye out to his own prejudices. This goes for the entire set and for his History of WWII, which is magnificent in its own right as is this.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I like Churchill's writing, but you must understand that the events he spends the most time on are the military, political and financial events in England, to the exclusion of science, art and social events. I've read many descriptions of the attack on Bunker Hill during the American Revolution, and none of them were as clear as this one written by an Englishman. He simply tells what happened and in his simplicity, he is very moving. This history is written in broad strokes. Normally, I would be bored to tears reading about so many battles and politicians, yet I found this riveting. I can only credit the writer.