HISTORICAL: WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965).
Churchill's stirring oratory is perhaps his greatest legacy. His wartime speeches famously gave the British lion its roar during the darkest days of the Second World War. There are still competitions which honour them, including the Sir Winston Churchill Public Speaking Competition (held every year at Blenheim Palace) and the Churchill National Public Speaking Competition for Schools. Many of the speeches resonate today, and historians and biographers continue to grapple with Churchill? approach to speaking and use of language. Boris Johnson recently spoke of the great man? ?ong, orotund, bombastic Churchillian circumlocutions?hile also pointing out his ?hort Anglo Saxon zingers?nd ?rimal language?A Winston Churchill signed cutting. Professionally mounted, framed. Supplied with coa. In very good condition.
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Churchill's stirring oratory is perhaps his greatest legacy. His wartime speeches famously gave the British lion its roar during the darkest days of the Second World War. There are still competitions which honour them, including the Sir Winston Churchill Public Speaking Competition (held every year at Blenheim Palace) and the Churchill National Public Speaking Competition for Schools. Many of the speeches resonate today, and historians and biographers continue to grapple with Churchill? approach to speaking and use of language. Boris Johnson recently spoke of the great man? ?ong, orotund, bombastic Churchillian circumlocutions?hile also pointing out his ?hort Anglo Saxon zingers?nd ?rimal language?A Winston Churchill signed cutting. Professionally mounted, framed. Supplied with coa. In very good condition.
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