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The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches
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The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is a general anthology of speeches which include thoses from the pulpit, from the Commons and from the Scaffold. The range will be from the Sermon on the Mount to Kennedy's "ask not what" from Gettysburg Address to Winston Churchill's war speeches, from Adolf Hitler to Martin Luther King.

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Viking

Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carr?, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm T?ib?n, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670831265
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.8504
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 488
Weight: 806g
Height: 240mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 40mm

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