The Great Democracies
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In this final volume, the century from the downfall of Napoleon in 1815 to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 is covered. The British Empire is at its peak, the Dominions are created and the first steps towards the British Commonwealth of Nations are established. Together with the industrial revolutuion and the startling expansion of the United States, and their rise to world power, made the nineteenth century one of the most decisive in the history of mankind. Volume I: The Birth of Britain Volume II: The New World Volume III: The Age of Revolution Volume IV: The Great Democracies
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4 primary books#4 in A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1956 with contributions by Winston S. Churchill.
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In my opinion the driest of the four volumes, it maintains Winston's interest in all things political and military, at the expense of everything else. For example, the American Civil war consumes a good third of the book; the Industrial Revolution is almost entirely overlooked. Allowing for this (would we expect anything more or less from Winston?), I'd award four stars, except that I found the Civil War chapters peculiarly tedious - Winston's enthusiasm for battle details got in the way of his writing a truly interesting account of the War.
Still, you can't go past this series. It's a unique account if history by a man who made an awful lot of it. it is compulsory reading if you are interested in Churchill- it tells you as much about the man as the history he describes.
