The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140129510 ISBN 13: 9780140129519

Publisher: Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

A general anthology of speeches which includes examples from the pulpit, from the Commons and from the scaffold. They range from the Sermon on the Mount to Kennedy's "Ask not what" speech, from the Gettysburg Address to Winston Churchill's war speeches, and from Adolf Hitler to Martin Luther.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian MacArthur was founder editor of Today and The Times Higher Education Supplement, and editor of the Western Morning News. He was deputy editor of the Sunday Times and executive editor of The Times. He has written Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-1945. He has been interested in the power of oratory since first hearing Aneurin Bevan on the hustings in 1956 and has edited The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches and The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest. Brian MacArthur lives in Norfolk and London and has two daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0140129510
• ISBN 13: 9780140129519
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: MacArthur Brian