{"product_id":"9781780877464","title":"Great Speeches of Our Time : Speeches that Shaped the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Williams, Hywel \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 31\/01\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781780877464,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfil themselves.' These powerful words, spoken by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address as the new president of South Africa, are taken from just one of the forty important and thought-provoking speeches in this collection. Ranging from 1945 to the present day, they provide an important insight into the modern world. Inspirational speeches by Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and many others are supplemented with biographies of each speaker, as well an exploration of their words' significance and an historical account of the consequences of their oratory. This is a history of the recent and contemporary world told through the speeches that shaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819792433196,"sku":"9781780877464","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781780877464.jpg?v=1727026042","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781780877464","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}