The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time, Winston Churchill used language as a powerful weapon. This magnificent anthology includes thirty-three of the most famous orations, from his maiden speech in the House of Commons in 1901 to his swan song of 1955, via'his towering rhetoric of the Second World War. Here Churchill speaks about the disasters of the First World War, warns of the growing threat of the Nazis, cautions about the Cold War, bids farewell to a king after the death of George VI and, most importantly of all, rallies a nation at war against Hitler with spectacular effect.Many of his phrases have passed into everyday use, such as 'iron curtain' and 'the end of the beginning', and his magisterial speeches have become the stuff of legend.

Preface

List of Illustrations

Introduction

A Churchill Chronology

PART ONE Mastering His Voice 1900-1917

PART TWO Scorning and Warning 1917-1939

PART THREE Mobilizing the English Language 1940

PART FIVE Speaking with Different Tongues 1945-1955

Index