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Book SynopsisThis history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country''s past.
The Daily Telegraph Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I,
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history. In
The Age of Revolution the third volume of Churchill'
Table of ContentsPreface Maps and Genealogical Tables
Book VII: England's Advance to World Power 1. William of Orange 2. Continental War 3. The Spanish Succession 4. Marlborough: Blenheim and Ramillies 5. Oudenrade and Malplaquet 6. The Treaty of Utrecht
Book VIII: The First British Empire 1. The House of Hanover 2. Sir Robert Walpole 3. The Austrian Succession and the "Forty-Five" 4. The American Colonies 5. The First World War 6. The Quarrel with America 7. The War of Independence 8. The United States 9. The Indian Empire
Book IX: Napoleon 1. The Younger Pitt 2. The American Constitution 3. The French Revolution 4. France Confronted 5. Trafalgar 6. The Emperor of the French 7. The Peninsular War and the Fall of Napoleon 8. Washington, Adams and Jefferson 9. The War of 1812 10. Elba and Waterloo Index
