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16%OFFThomas E. Ricks - Churchill & Orwell - 9780715652374 - V9780715652374
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Churchill & Orwell

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Description for Churchill & Orwell Hardcover. The timely dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell - 20th century champions of British democracy and freedom Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; BK; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Today, as liberty and truth are increasingly challenged, the figures of Churchill and Orwell loom large. Exemplars of Britishness, they preserved individual freedom and democracy for the world through their far-sighted vision and inspired action, and cast a long shadow across our culture and politics. In Churchill & Orwell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas E. Ricks masterfully argues that these extraordinary men are as important today as they ever were. Churchill and Orwell stood in political opposition to each other, but were both committed to the preservation of freedom. However, in the late 1930s they occupied a lonely position: democracy ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715652374
SKU
V9780715652374
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About Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks is the bestselling and award winning author of The Gamble, The Generals, and the international bestseller Fiasco, 'the most authoritative account of how the Bush administration and the US Army created a disaster in Iraq' (Max Hastings, Sunday Times). He is a former writer for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and has covered military ... Read more

Reviews for Churchill & Orwell
'A page turner written with great brio... highly enjoyable'
New York Times
A feast of a book, laden with observations and insights that enable us to see these familiar figures, and through them our own time, in a fresh and illuminating light'
John Gray
New Statesman
'Ricks is an excellent writer; his eye for telling ... Read more

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