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The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches

2nd Revised Edition

Paperback (25 Nov 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

For better, for worse, the great public speakers have always had the power to change the world. Brian MacArthur's anthology includes the most famous and notorious speeches delivered in English since 1899 as well as speeches in translation by Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini and Castro among others. From Vaclav Havel to Martin Luther King, and from Hitler winning over the industrialists to Churchill rousing the English, this anthology contains many of the masterpieces that helped shape the 20th Century. This edition has been full revised and new speeches added.

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Penguin Books

The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140285000
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Revised Edition
DEWEY: 808.85
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 525
Weight: 382g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 33mm