Winston Churchill-The History of the English-speaking Peoples in 4 volumes. Gift books bound in leather.

Content:

Volume 1. The Birth of Britain.

The first volume of The History of English-speaking Peoples by W. S. Churchill is devoted to the early history of Britain. Starting from the pre-Roman period, the author consistently leads us through all the waves of foreign conquests (Celtic, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman) to the moment of the emergence of a state that became an important participant in the military and political layouts on the continent, after which, having experienced the collapse of its imperial ambitions, Britain falls into the fire of civil war. The book is intended for everyone who is interested in the history of Great Britain and European history in general, as well as historians and students.

Volume 2. The New World.

The second volume of The History of English-speaking Peoples by W. S. Churchill is devoted to the era of absolutism. The history of the English kingdom of the XVI-XVII centuries during the reign of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties is presented by the author as a struggle of passions and ambitions of heroic characters of different classes and faiths, such as Henry VIII, Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Mary Stuart, Earl of Stafford, Duke of Marlborough, etc. In the trials of the people in civil wars, in the uncompromising struggle of monarchs and parliaments, a unique basis was formed for the emergence of a vast Anglo - Saxon world in Modern and Modern times-a centralized state and an independent Anglican church.

Volume 3. The Era of Revolutions.

The third volume is devoted to the period from 1688 to 1815, marked by the struggle with France for hegemony in Europe and the world, a struggle from which Great Britain, despite a dramatic break with its North American colonies, emerged victorious and turned into the strongest world power. The internal policy of the country at this time is characterized by a fierce party struggle, in which the foundations of the constitutional monarchy were developed and strengthened. Of particular interest is the author's assessment of such outstanding figures of the era as William of Orange, the Duke of Marlborough, Robert Walpole, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Volume 4. Great Democracies.

The last volume of Winston Churchill's essay "The History of English-speaking Peoples" is devoted to the formation of Western democracy in the Anglo-Saxon world in the XIX century: the struggle for the emancipation of Catholics, parliamentary reform (1832), the adoption of free-trade legislation (1846) in the United Kingdom and the struggle for the abolition of slavery in the United States. Churchill tells in detail about the growing "hotbeds" of English-speaking peoples in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada. Of particular interest is the assessment of such outstanding figures of the era as Gladstone and Disraeli, Grant and Lincoln, Napoleon III and Queen Victoria, as well as historical events such as the Crimean War, the Civil War in the United States of America and the Anglo-Boer War.