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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. 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In this volume, David Cannadine selects thirty-three orations ranging over fifty years, demonstrating how Churchill gradually hones his rhetoric until the day when, with spectacular effect, 'he mobilized the English language, and sent it into battle' (Edward R. 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Their Finest Hour enthrallingly recounts key events and battles from May to December 1940 as Britain stood isolated while Nazi Germany pursued its seemingly unconquerable war path - the fall of France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, the horrors of the Blitz and Hitler's plans to invade and crush Russia, his sole ally in Europe.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225111671157,"sku":"9780141441733","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141441733_6fae7a17-5a26-4b71-a5a8-1e2b5931a9c1.jpg?v=1786011599"},{"product_id":"9780141442051","title":"The World Crisis 1911-1918","description":"Winston Churchill’s superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history. 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The Hinge of Fate describes how the tide of the war gradually turned for Britain and its allies from constant defeat to almost unbroken successes - Japan's successful assault on the Pacific, Britain's attempts to aid a beleaguered Russia and the defeat of Rommel at the Battle of Alamein.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225633206645,"sku":"9780141441757","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141441757_512eed8f-704c-441c-9e81-04245fbecba6.jpg?v=1786011601"},{"product_id":"9789358019285","title":"A Far Country-complete","description":"\"A Far Country\" by Winston Churchill is a novel set in the late 19th century that tells the story of Hugh Paret, a young man from a small town in the American Midwest, who moves to Boston to pursue a career in law. 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Triumph and Tragedy recounts the dramatic months as the War drew to a close - the Normandy landings, the liberation of Western Europe, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the surrender of Germany and Japan.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311575085429,"sku":"9780141441771","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141441771_a656189d-5a73-45d3-9893-0ee9d569fe50.jpg?v=1786011602"},{"product_id":"9780141441764","title":"Closing the Ring","description":"Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. 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