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Great Contemporaries profiles towering figures ranging from Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Lawrence of Arabia and Leon Trotsky to Charlie Chaplin, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw. Written in the decade before Churchill became prime minister, the essays in Great Contemporaries focus on the challenges of statecraft at a time when the democratic revolution was toppling ...
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8 de jun. de 2016 · By David Freeman, April 2016. Churchill’s collection of essays Great Contemporaries remains one of his most enduringly popular books. New editions continue to be produced, and this year’s International Churchill Conference in Washington, D. C. (see back cover for details) will have as its theme “Churchill: Friends and Contemporaries.”.
9 de ago. de 2016 · Ultimately, Great Contemporaries provides fascinating insight into the statesman's perspective. Churchill's objective is clear: he tries to learn from these giants what makes a man great. He approaches his subjects with a measuring eye, finding their limitations at least as revealing as their merits.
- Winston Churchill
Great Contemporaries. Great Contemporaries ( Les/Mes Grands Contemporains) est une collection d' essais biographiques courts sur des personnages célèbres écrite par Winston Churchill . La genèse de l’ouvrage est connue : toujours en quête de revenus, et toujours désireux de recycler au maximum ses écrits pour engranger de nouveaux ...
(Great Contemporaries, p.9) Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler.
Great Contemporaries: Essays by Various Hands Snippet view - 1935. Great Contemporaries Winston Churchill Snippet view - 1947. View all ...
