Voices of history: speeches that changed the world

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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 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 Bob Dylan, 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.

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Autor: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Autor

SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

Simon Sebag Montefiore (Londres,1965) é um escritor e jornalista publicado em 48 línguas e especializado em história da Rússia. É autor de Stálin: a corte do czar vermelho (2006); O jovem Stálin (2008); Os Románov (2016); e Catarina, a Grande & Potemkin (2018). Seus livros receberam prêmios como o de livro de história do ano concedido pelo British Book Awards e o Costa Biography Award, ambos no Reino Unido, e o Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique, na França. É coautor da série de livros infantis Royal Rabbits of London. Algumas de suas obras estão sendo adaptadas para a TV e o cinema. Fez doutorado em Cambrige e é membro da Royal Society of Literature.