Voices of History, Simon Sebag Montefiore
Voices of History, Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Voices of History
Speeches That Changed the World

Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Narrator: Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jade Anouka, Richard Armitage, Richard Goulding, Clarke Peters, Heida Reed, Juliet Stevenson

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

A celebration of the great speeches of world history and cultural life. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL

In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious. Some are exquisite and poignant; others cruel and chilling. The speakers themselves vary from empresses and conquerors to rock stars, novelists and sportsmen, dreamers and killers, from Churchill and Elizabeth I to Stalin and Genghis Khan, and from Michelle Obama and Cleopatra to Ronald Reagan, Nehru, and Muhammad Ali.

All human drama is here: from the carnage of battlefields to the theatre of courtrooms, from table talk to audiences of millions, from desperate last stands to orations of triumph, from noble calls for liberation to genocidal rants, from foolish delusions and strange confessions to defiant resistance and heartbreaking farewells. Voices of History spans centuries, continents, and cultures. In the accessible and gripping style of a master storyteller, Montefiore shows why these seventy speeches are essential reading and how they enlighten our past, enrich our present, and inspire--as well as hold warnings for--our future.

About The Author

SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. His most recent books include Written in History: Letters that Changed the World, Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World, and The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Award, and le Grande Prix de la biographie politique. Jerusalem: The Biography was a worldwide best seller. Montefiore lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Uhtred on January 21, 2023

It is a book that must be read slowly, one speech at a time, so as to allow time for words to have their effect. Reading too many of these speeches one after the other does not allow you to do this, that is, to fully appreciate what the authors of these speeches wanted to tell us. It is a beautiful......more

Goodreads review by P.J. on June 22, 2021

This is a great book that came with a very good free CD. Best taken in small doses. Ten minutes here, ten minutes there. Take in too much hot air at a single sitting and you run the risk of over-inflation. I can see some people taking this with them to the toilet for some reason. Personally I've nev......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on December 21, 2019

My initial reaction to this book was it was not properly titled. I think a better title would have been ‘Pieces of my Favorite Speeches.’ The speeches are taken from various people throughout history from Jesus to President Barack Obama. Each speech is preceded by a mini-biography. The historical an......more

Goodreads review by Toe on December 09, 2018

Objective Summary This book identifies 55 speeches from 48 orators that “changed the world.” Each section has one or two pages of background leading up to the speech, then two or three pages of excerpts from the speech. Here are the speeches: 1. Moses "Though shalt have no other gods before me." The T......more

Goodreads review by MURAT on May 15, 2022

Tarihte yeri olan önemli kişilerin yapmış olduğu konuşmaları o dönemle ilgili kısa bilgiler vererek, dönemin havasını hafifçe koklatarak, konuşmacının biyografisinin kısa bir özetini de sunan genel olarak iyi hazırlanmış sayılabilecek kitap. Konuşması seçilen kişilerde Amerika' ya çok fazla torpil......more