The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill

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This Hardcover Book item from Michael O´Mara was reviewed on 16-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara. a good cover and that is about it . many misquotesand non attributed quotes . mistakes too.¤

2) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara. A good review and background of famous quotes of Churchill. It also showed him to be a good husband and sober man, despite the rumor otherwise.¤

3) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara. I am a long-time admirer of Sir Winston Churchill. As a leader he had few (if any) equals, but I have always been impressed with his sharp wit and stinging retorts. One can learn much about the man from what is found in this little book, not only from the quotes attributed to him, but also from those zingers hurled his way by friend and foe alike.
This book is an easy read. It can be picked up for a few moments´ pleasure without distracting from the greatness that is Sir Winston Churchill.¤

4) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara. You do have to think about many of his quips, most are very funny in a dry, perhaps a bit cynical manner. It is sometimes difficult to place his statements in the context of WW-II (I was born in 1944 and I do have a memory of that era because it was the biggest event in my parents lives - they talked about it all the time).

After a session with Mr. Churchill, I often wish American politicians had a bit of his prespective (though I reall doubt they would ever get elected).¤

5) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara.
The wise and witty words of Winston Churchill ring throughout the 20th Century.Any that knew him personally or had anything to do with him must have waited with anticipation of hearing what he would say anytime he opened his mouth.This held true for Kings,Presidents,Generals and yes even for his family,including his grandaughter.At times, his use of silence could be as cutting
a reply as anything he could say.No doubt, he took as much enjoyment in his words as anyone he was aiming them at.It wasn´t all one way either,he seemed to love a well delivered line,even if he was the object.
He neither claimed to be nor in fact was an´educated man´,he
was similar to Mark Twain,in that he could cut to pieces,people of much greater formal education,if they tried to engage him in ´a battle of words´.
In his book "My Early Life" he said."It´s a good thing for an
uneducated man to read books of quotations" and described how he read "Bartlett´s Quotations".It is obvious that he often used and modified others quotations.
His friend Lord Brinkenhead quipped,"Winston has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches."
"One of Churchill´s most famous speeches is that of June
1940:´We shall fight on the beaches,we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,we shall fight in the hills...´ It is said that,as he paused in the great uproar that greeted these words,Churchill muttered to a colleague next to him,´And We´ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that´s bloody well all we´ve got!"
A great little book reminding us of the words of one of the great voices of the 20th Century.

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6) Hardcover Book The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill by Michael O´Mara.

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