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Great Contemporaries is a collection of 25 short biographical essays about famous people, written by Winston Churchill. The original collection was published in 1937 and included 21 essays mainly written between 1928 and 1931.
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.
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Hardcover. This is the first printing of the first revised and expanded edition of Churchill’s much-praised collection of insightful essays about leading personalities of the day.
Jul 5, 2016 · Great Contemporaries. Insightful biographical sketches of major historical figures of the twentieth century, from the incomparable British statesman. Winston S. Churchill...
Jun 24, 2013 · Great contemporaries : Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Publication date. 1973. Topics. Biography. Publisher. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English.
Oct 17, 2008 · The central theme of Churchill’s collection is the group of British statesmen who dominated politics at the end of the last and beginning of this century: Balfour, Chamberlain, Rosebery, Morley, Asquith, Curzon.
Apr 7, 2017 · This is a collection of 25 short biographical essays about famous people, written and published by Winston Churchill before his first tenure as Britain’s Prime Minister...
