Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading: The Age of Revolution (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (Paperback)

from Tullius22

Churchill unfolds the events and personages of this narrative with striking prose that make it almost as much great literature as great history. He's like the British Livy. (9/10).

from irsslex

Churchill's writing is unlike any other I have ever read - mellifluous, songlike in tempo, factual in every respect and an eye out to his own prejudices. This goes for the entire set and for his History of WWII, which is magnificent in its own right as is this.

from DinadansFriend

A literate visit to the shrines of the development of the British way of governing with an emphasis on the "Glorious Revolution " of 1688. Covering the growth of the idea of "The Crown" (the will of the people as shown by their elected Representatives), as contrasted with the will of the individu...

from MrsLee

I like Churchill's writing, but you must understand that the events he spends the most time on are the military, political and financial events in England, to the exclusion of science, art and social events. I've read many descriptions of the attack on Bunker Hill during the American Revolution, ...

from Tullius22

Churchill unfolds the events and personages of this narrative with striking prose that make it almost as much great literature as great history. He's like the British Livy. (9/10).