by Simon Sebag Montefiore · Quercus · tapa dura · ISBN 9781847240873
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«Speeches That Changed the World» is the anthology of historical speeches with an introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore, published by Quercus in hardcover.
It collects the transcripts and accounts of the speeches that shaped modern history, with biographical notes on their protagonists and the context of each address. It includes famous orations by Churchill, Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Mandela and Reagan, among other notable voices of the twentieth century.
Published in 2007; includes an 80-minute audio CD with twenty historical recordings from the twentieth century.
For readers interested in contemporary history, oratory and political leadership.
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).
