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Speeches that Changed the World. These titles have now generated sales of approximately 300,000 copies , and continue to sell strongly around the world

Title:

Speeches That Changed the World

*Author:*	Simon Sebag Montefiore
*Category:*	Audio
*Publication:*	August 2007
*Format:*	Audio CD/ and book, 224 pages, paperback with flaps 265 x 185mm
*Price:*	£28.99
*ISBN:*	978847242198/ISBN 9781847242372

Contains over 50 momentous speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. This book includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. To buy:

Since the beginning of time, great leaders have used their power of oratory to win and inspire followers. The speeches of Mohammed, George Washington, Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Emmeline Pankhurst, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Shirley Chrisholm, Nelson Mandela and many others have motivated, illuminated, uplifted and sometimes terrified those who heard them. This book contains over 50 momentous and thought provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations, and will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of the events of the time.

This limited edition pack contains an audio CD featuring genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century plus the bestselling book Speeches that Changed the World which presents the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this is a fascinating history of humankind told through the speeches that shaped it.

◦ Speeches That Changed the World is a proven bestseller and is now available with authentic,
digitally re-mastered recordings of history’s greatest speeches
◦ 300,000 copies of this book are in print in the English language
◦ A fascinating dip-in book and reference title and an ideal gift for anyone interested in history.

Q New Audio Pack Edition

Q History

Q Hardback WITH AUDIO CD

Q Book: 216 x 185 mm,

224 pages,
50 b&w photographs

Q Plus 80 minute CD

Q ISBN 978 1 84724 606 6

Q World

SALES POINTS

Q Proven bestseller, now available with authentic
recordings of history’s
greatest speeches

Q Introduced by bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore

Q 300,000 copies of book-only edition in print in the English language

SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

BOOK + AUDIO CD PACK

7^th August 2008

Introduction by

Simon Sebag Montefiore

KEYNOTE

The stories and transcripts of the moments that made history

SYNOPSIS

This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this is a fascinating history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it.

Includes the audio of:

· Neville Chamberlain. 'Peace for our time’.

· Winston Churchill. 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'.

· Winston Churchill. 'This was their finest hour'.

· Winston Churchill. 'Never … was so much owed by so many to so few'.

· Franklin D. Roosevelt. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'.

· Franklin D. Roosevelt. ‘A date which will live in infamy'.

· General Douglas MacArthur. ‘I have just left your fighting sons in Korea…They are splendid in every way’.

· Jawaharlal Nehru. ‘At the stroke of the midnight hour… India will awake to life and freedom’.

· Nelson Mandela. 'I am the First Accused'.

· Nelson Mandela. 'Free at last'.

· John F. Kennedy. 'Ask not what your country can do for you'.

· John F. Kennedy. 'Ich bin ein Berliner'.

· Martin Luther King Jr. 'I have a dream'.

AUTHOR

Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is the author of Potemkin: Prince of Princes and the award-winning Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. He lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.

Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He is the author of Potemkin: Prince of Princes, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar and Young Stalin. He lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian and writer. His book Catherine the Great & Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper, and Marsh Biography Prizes. His Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. His new book, Young Stalin, is its prequel. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his bestselling books are published in 27 languages.