Speeches That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Introduction)

Speeches That Changed the World is the fully revised edition published by Quercus in London in 2010, with an introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore. The original 2005 edition was compiled and edited by the Cambridge Editorial Partnership; this revised edition carries editorial revision and new text by Mark Hawkins-Dady. This copy is the hardback with DVD issue, printed and bound in China.

Speeches That Changed the World reproduces the key speeches of figures who shaped history, among them Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. Each speech is accompanied by a biography of the speaker and an account of why it was significant, with portraits and photographs of the speakers.

This copy comes complete with the accompanying DVD, still held in its original sleeve on the front pastedown.

Speeches That Changed the World will appeal to readers of modern and political history, students of rhetoric and public speaking, teachers, debaters and speechwriters, and anyone with an interest in the leaders who shaped the twentieth century and beyond.

Condition – Very Good

Black boards are clean with the gilt lettering to the spine bright. The text block is tight with clean page edges, and the DVD is present in its original sleeve. The dust jacket is complete with light shelfwear, small chips and nicks at the spine ends and along the top edge, and some surface scuffing to the rear panel. The original “Special Price” sticker remains on the front panel of the jacket.