Great Contemporaries
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GREAT CONTEMPORARIES is a collection of essays about 25 men whom Churchill felt contributed to the course of the world in which he lived.
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The central theme is a group of British statesmen who shone in the late 1800s and early in this century—Blafour, Chamberlain, Rosebery, Morley, Asquith, and Curzon.
Others whose acquaintance we make through Churchill's eyes include George Bernard Shaw, Hindenburg, Lawrence of Arabia, Marshall Foch, Leon Trotsky, Phillip Snowden, Clemenceaus, and King George V.
Churchill's long acquaintance with world leaders gave him a unique perspective from which to view actors on the international stage.
From the publisher:
Featuring newly researched photographs and biographical information, this remains one of Churchill's most accessible works - it illuminates its subjects and reveals the personality of its author. For this edition we have used the 25 essays Churchill personally selected for the 1938 edition, and Celia Sandys has provided a warm and insightful introduction, describing her grandfather as a man who always thought of himself as a professional writer, regardless of his extraordinary political career. As Lady D'Abernon wrote when she received her copy of Great Contemporaries, Churchill, "was himself far the Greatest Contemporary of them all."
* Quarter-bound in buckram with Modigliani paper sides, printed and blocked with a design by Raquel Leis Allion
* Set in Garamond with Gill Sans display
*Frontispiece and 28 integrated black & white images
* 91/2" x 61/4"
* Sold in a matching red slipcase
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