Churchill & Orwell : the fight for freedom / Thomas E. Ricks.
Material type: SoundPublisher number: PRHA 6578 | Penguin Random House AudioPublisher: New York, NY : Penguin Audio, [2017]Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- spoken word
- audio
- audio disc
- 9781524776640
- 1524776645
- 9781524776664
- 1524776661
- Churchill and Orwell
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Political and social views
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Political and social views
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945
- Fascism -- History -- 20th century
- Communism -- History -- 20th century
- World politics -- 1933-1945
- Authors, English
- Communism
- Fascism
- Political and social views
- Politics and government
- Prime ministers
- World politics
- Great Britain
- 1900-1999
- 1900-1999
- 941.084092/2 [B] 23
- DA566.9.C5 R542 2017ab
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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AUDIO BOOK CD | Harrison Memorial Library AUDIO NONFICTION | Adult Audio | 920 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624003848439 |
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Read by James Lurie.
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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.
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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