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19 de feb. de 2013 · Great Contemporaries, published in 1937, offered brief lives of twenty-one “great men of our age”; an expanded edition with four additional essays followed in 1938. A proposed third volume of essays on American subjects was not pub-lished in Churchill’s lifetime but, posthumously edited by his homonymous grandson, appeared in 1999 as The Great Republic .
The lives of great men struggling through war and revolution are laid out in Churchill’s magnificent English. The author’s firm command of rhythm and masterful weaving of metaphors are plain astounding, even intimidating.The contrast with the petty drudgery in most people’s lives is sobering, nay, depressing. Like.
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 ...
内容简介 · · · · · ·. GREAT CONTEMPORARIES is a collection of essays about 21 men whom Winston S. Churchill felt contributed to the course of the world in which he lived. The central theme is a group of British statesmen who shone in the late 1800s and early in this century--Blafour, Chamberlain, Rosebery, Morley, Asquith and Curzon.
`Great Contemporaries' is a fascinating, informative and enjoyable series of 22 "essays on Great Men of our age" which Churchill wrote during the 1930s. To read them is to hear that unforgettable voice describing to you the people he knew and the critical events of three decades.
- Winston S. Churchill
