E-kniha Voices of History

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancien ...

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
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 rock stars, novelists and sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan, and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Ronald Reag