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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Volume 2: The New World
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Product Description
The two centuries covered in Volume II, from 1485 to 1688, were the years which saw the Golden Age and the beginning of the world's greatest empire; then the seventeenth century, the century of internal strife in which the English Parliament developed from an advisory to a governing body, arbiter of the highest affairs of State. These were also the years when the New World of the American continent was discovered and settled by European adventure. Volume I: The Birth of Britain Volume II: The New World Volume III: The Age of Revolution Volume IV: The Great Democracies
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #279133 in Books
- Published on: 2002-05-09
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 368 pages
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About the Author
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was prime minister of Great Britain during World War II. Throughout his long and distinguished political career his writing was prolific.
Customer Reviews
Politic history of England since 1485 to 1688
First of all, I think that this book should not be titled "The New World", because America only appears in a handful of pages. A most accurate title would be "Politic history of England since 1485 to 1688", following the personal point of view of Sir Winston Churchill.
It is an interesting book, which can be read as a novel, though some of the opinions of the author are very arguable, specially from the point of view of Spain or France. The fact that Isaac Newton, perhaps the most important englishman in World History, is not mentioned even a single time in the whole book, is also quite surprising.
