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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S. Churchill — WisdomDeck honest review

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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

by Winston S. Churchill

Four volumes from Caesar to 1901, written mostly in the 1930s: narrative, kings, battles, liberty. Old-fashioned and grand.

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Liberty has a lineage.
Narrative teaches.
Know the story you belong to.

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