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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900

Andrew Roberts

A magisterial history inspired by Winston Churchill's famous opus, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 is an engrossing account of the twentieth century, with a unique perspective on our turbulent times. In 1900, where Churchill ended the fourth volume of his History of the English-Speaking Peoples, the United States had not yet emerged onto the world scene as a great power. Yet the coming century was to belong to the English-speaking peoples, who successively and successfully fought the Kaiser's Germany, Axis aggression and Soviet Communism, and who are now struggling against Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. Andrew Roberts's History proves especially invaluable as the United States today looks to other parts of the English-speaking world as its best, closest and most dependable allies.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Publish Date: Feb 26th, 2008
  • Pages: 752
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.91in - 6.01in - 1.54in - 1.88lb
  • EAN: 9780060875992
  • Categories: Modern - 21st CenturyEurope - Great Britain - 20th CenturyUnited States - 20th Century

About the Author

Roberts, Andrew: -

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian whose books include the New York Times bestsellers Churchill: Walking With Destinyand Napoleon: A Life (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), Masters and Commanders, The Storm of Warand Salisbury: Victorian Titan(winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), among others. His most recent book, The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III, was published in November 2021. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, and the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Praise for this book

"Roberts is one of Britain's most talented and stylish young historians." -- Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic Monthly

"Andrew Roberts has justly made a reputation for himself as one of today's leading young British historians." -- Alistair Horne, The Wall Street Journal

"Roberts has interesting and perceptive things to say about the more exotic aspects of the Anglo-Saxon diaspora." -- Richard Overy, The Sunday Telegraph

"A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 is written with verve." -- The Financial Times

"This book is more entertaining than many novels." -- Allan Massie, The Daily Telegraph

"In Andrew Roberts, the Anglo-American Special Relationship has found an advocate of Churchillian eloquence." -- Niall Ferguson, The Mail on Sunday