Churchill & Orwell : the fight for freedom
Title:
Churchill & Orwell : the fight for freedom
Author:
Ricks, Thomas E., author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2017]
Physical Description:
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsighted vision and inspired action in the face of the threat of fascism and communism helped preserve democracy for the world.
General Note:
Title from container.
Compact discs.
Language:
English
Contents:
The two Winstons -- Churchill the adventurer -- Orwell the policeman -- Churchill : down and out in the 1930s -- Orwell becomes "Orwell" : Spain 1937 -- Churchill becomes "Churchill" : Spring 1940 -- Fighting the Germans, reaching out to the Americans : 1940-1941 -- Churchill, Orwell, and the class war in Britain : 1941 -- Enter the Americans : 1941-1942 -- Grim visions of the postwar world : 1943 -- Animal farm : 1943-1945 -- Churchill [and Britain] in decline and triumph : 1944-1945 -- Churchill's revenge : the war memoirs -- Orwell in triumph and decline : 1945-1950 -- Churchill's premature afterlife : 1950-1965 -- Orwell's extraordinary ascension : 1950-2016 -- Afterword: The path of Churchill and Orwell.
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Added Author:
ISBN:
9781524776640
Format :
Audiobook on CD
