Great Speeches in Minutes

Synopsis

'i have a dream', 'government of the people, by the people, for the people', 'this was their finest hour', 'tear down this wall', 'give me liberty, or give me death', 'free at last!'. They are the great words of history, inspiring war and peace, outrage and justice, rebellion and freedom. Great speeches in minutes presents the key extracts of 200 of the orations that changed the world, from antiquity to the modern day. Each is accompanied by an explanation of the historic context of the speech and its momentous consequences.