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Churchill the Writer: A Preface to A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 09-23-22

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Churchill's Six Volume Book

Churchill wrote a six volume book about the five years before World War One broke up. It's history written by someone who is still moving in history with an eye on history, but it's written by him after it's all done. "It doesn't have the energy of those two greatest books or of the river war," says historian David Frum. 'But it does have the advantage of a system in place that was then well practiced'

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