CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples.

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples.CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Company Ltd. 1958 70. Four vols, royal 8vo. Publisher's red boards, spines lettered in gilt; top edges red; in the original pictorial dust wrappers; with numerous maps and charts; pp. [vi], v xxi, [iii], 3 416; [vi], v xi, [iii], 3 344, [ii]; [vi], v xi, [iii], 3 332,[vi]; [vi], v xi, [iii], 3 322; light and even toning to spines; very good. Mixed editions, first

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. A History of the English Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Company Ltd. 1958-70.

Four vols, royal 8vo. Publisher's red boards, spines lettered in gilt; top edges red; in the original pictorial dust-wrappers; with numerous maps and charts; pp. [vi], v-xxi, [iii], 3-416; [vi], v-xi, [iii], 3-344, [ii]; [vi], v-xi, [iii], 3-332,[vi]; [vi], v-xi, [iii], 3-322; light and even toning to spines; very good.

Mixed editions, first edition of volume four.

Comprising The Birth of Britain, The New World, The Age of Revolution and The Great Democracies, Churchill's great work traces the history of Britain and the development of the Commonwealth from Julius Caesar and his invasion of Britain in 55BC up until the end of the Second Boer war at the beginning of the 20th century. He began this mammoth task in 1937, and had submitted half a million words before the outbreak of WWII. Publication was delayed several times in the years that followed, and the books were finally published eleven years after the War ended, during the author's retirement from office. The volumes contain, amongst historical fact, biographical profiles of notable figures including Alfred the Great, Queen Victoria, Joan of Arc and Abraham Lincoln.

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