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Voices of History: Speeches That Changed the World

Written by: Simon Sebag Montefiore


VOICES OF HISTORY celebrates the great speeches of world history and cultural life. In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious; some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from empresses and conquerors to novelists, sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan, and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Nehru and Muhammad Ali.

All human drama is here: from the carnage of battlefields to the theatre of courtrooms, from table-talk to audiences of millions, from desperate last stands to orations of triumph, from noble calls for liberation to genocidal rants, from foolish delusions and strange confessions to defiant resistance and heartbreaking farewells, VOICES OF HISTORY spans centuries, continents and cultures. In the accessible and gripping style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these seventy speeches are essential reading, and how they enlighten our past, enrich our present and inspire - and hold warnings for - our future.

VOICES OF HISTORY was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in October 2019.

Other publications by Simon Sebag Montefiore



The Romanovs 1613-1918

Jerusalem

Young Stalin

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

My Affair With Stalin

Catherine the Great & Potemkin

Titans of History

The Royal Rabbits of London

The Royal Rabbits of London: Escape From the Tower

Sashenka

One Night in Winter

Red Sky at Noon

Written in History: Letters that Changed the World

The Royal Rabbits of London: The Great Diamond Chase

The Royal Rabbits of London: The Hunt for the Golden Carrot

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