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"Blood, toil, tears and sweat" [electronic resource] : the dire warning : Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister / John Lukacs.

Lukacs, John, 1924- (Author). Lee, John. (Added Author). BBC Audiobooks America. (Added Author).

Summary:

On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons to deliver his first speech as Prime Minister. Europe was in crisis: three days earlier, Germany had invaded France and the Low Countries. Facing only feeble resistance, Hitler's armies were rapidly sweeping westward. Churchill made no promises to his country in his speech, because he knew he had none to make. And yet he rallied England onward in the face of a vicious enemy ... For Churchil--and Churchill alone--understood what was at stake: the fate not only of nations, but of civilization itself.

Record details

ISBN: 9780792755739 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
ISBN: 0792755731 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Publisher: [North Kingstown, R.I.] : BBC Audiobooks America, 2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Sound library." Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 2:53:55.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by John Lee.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 41661 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.