Toptitel von Winston Churchill
Delphi Complete Works of Winston Churchill Illustrated (eBook, ePUB)
eBook, ePUB
An American best-selling author of the early twentieth century, Winston Churchill wrote the historical novel 'Richard Carvel', which was a huge phenomenon on its 1899 publication, selling two million copies at a time when the U.S. population was only 76 million. The book launched Churchill's career and was followed by a series of meticulously-researched historical novels that were tremendously popular in the 1900's and 1910's. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Churchill's complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Churchill's life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 10 novels, with individual contents tables * Features the rare short story 'Faith of Frances Craniford', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete plays * Rare poems available in no other collection * Includes Churchill's non-fiction * The rare Christian study 'The Uncharted Way', first time in digital publishing * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
CONTENTS:
The Novels The Celebrity (1898) Richard Carvel (1899) The Crisis (1901) The Crossing (1904) Coniston (1906) Mr. Crewe's Career (1908) A Modern Chronicle (1910) The Inside of the Cup (1913) A Far Country (1915) The Dwelling-Place of Light (1917)
The Short Stories Mr. Keegan's Elopement (1896) Faith of Frances Craniford (1917)
The Plays The Title Mart (1905) Dr. Jonathan (1919)
The Poetry The Poems of Winston Churchill
The Non-Fiction A Traveller in War-Time (1918) An Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea (1918) The Uncharted Way (1940)
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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Churchill's life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 10 novels, with individual contents tables * Features the rare short story 'Faith of Frances Craniford', appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete plays * Rare poems available in no other collection * Includes Churchill's non-fiction * The rare Christian study 'The Uncharted Way', first time in digital publishing * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
CONTENTS:
The Novels The Celebrity (1898) Richard Carvel (1899) The Crisis (1901) The Crossing (1904) Coniston (1906) Mr. Crewe's Career (1908) A Modern Chronicle (1910) The Inside of the Cup (1913) A Far Country (1915) The Dwelling-Place of Light (1917)
The Short Stories Mr. Keegan's Elopement (1896) Faith of Frances Craniford (1917)
The Plays The Title Mart (1905) Dr. Jonathan (1919)
The Poetry The Poems of Winston Churchill
The Non-Fiction A Traveller in War-Time (1918) An Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea (1918) The Uncharted Way (1940)
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Reden in Zeiten des Krieges (eBook, ePUB)
eBook, ePUB
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) war ein bedeutender britischer Staatsmann, ein Krieger, Volkstribun, ein kluger und romantischer Reaktionär, ein mit dem Nobelpreis ausgezeichneter Schriftsteller - und nicht zuletzt ein begnadeter Redner. Der Band "Reden in Zeiten des Kriegs" bietet einerseits einen Querschnitt durch das rednerische Werk Churchills, das von Kampfgeist und Toleranz, von Ehrlichkeit und Traditionsbewusstsein von Fortschrittlichkeit und Humor zeugt - und andererseits durch den dramatischen Verlauf des Zweiten Weltkriegs, so dass sich die schwersten Jahre in der Geschichte Europas vor dem Leser ausbreiten. Erstmals enthält dieser Band auch Churchills "Zürcher Rede" von 1946…mehr
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