Blood,Toil,Tears and Sweat:The Great Speeches
ISBN: 9780141442068
出版社: Penguin Classics
出版年: 2007-12
页数: 355
定价: 137.00元
内容简介
The collected speeches of the most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time
The only political leader to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Winston Churchill used language as a weapon at a time when he possessed nothing more than an empty armory with which to fight his nation's enemies. In this major volume, David Cannadine-one of the foremost historians of modern Britain-selects thirty-three speeches ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill honed his rhetoric until the day when, in the words of Edward R. Murrow, "he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle." A landmark of political speechmaking, perfect for the election year, Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat is an essential addition to the library of every Churchill fan.
作者简介
温斯顿?S?丘吉尔(1874―1965),英国政治家,作家,演说家,英国首相。?
他出身贵族,毕业于皇家军事学院,1900年参加保守党竞选获胜,进入国会。1904年转为自 由党议员,1908年任政府商务大臣,1911年改任内政大臣,同年10月转任海军大臣,1917年 出任军需部长,1919年出任国防大臣,1921年改任殖民大臣,1924年出任财政大臣大臣,19 29年下台后专事写作。
二战初任海军大臣,1940年5月继任英国首相,参加了德黑兰三国首 脑会谈和雅尔塔会议。1951年至1955年再度出任首相,1953年获得嘉得勋位和诺贝尔文学奖 。12月参加英、美、法三国首脑百慕大会议。1955年正式退休。?
著有《第二次世界大战回忆录》(六卷)、《英国民族史》(四卷)等。