"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it,
but also because of its own inherent virtues -- its narrative power, its
fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even
more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day
of their empire thought and felt about their country's past." The Daily
Telegraph
Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's
invasion of Britain to the start of World War I, A History of the
English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston S. Churchill's most
magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's 'wilderness years'
when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his
leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his
place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains
to this day a compelling and vivid history.
- The first volume - The Birth of Britain - tells the story of the
formation of the British state.
- The second volume - The New World - explores the emergence of Britain
on the world stage and a turbulent period at home.
- The third volume - The Age of Revolution Churchill charts the rise
of Great Britain as a world power and the long rivalry with France, the
shadow of the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon and his defeat at
Waterloo.
- The fourth and final volume - The Great Democracies - reaches the
modern era.
