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The Speech

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Speech

By Andrew Smith

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About the book

On April 20th, 1968 Enoch Powell, Member of Parliament in the English town of Wolverhampton, made a speech that shook Britain to its core. The ramifications of what some labelled a `racist diatribe' changed forever the way in which race was viewed and discussed in the United Kingdom. The Speech: a novel follows the lives of a group of characters - including Powell himself - living in Wolverhampton over a ten-day period before and after his speech. Mrs. Georgina Verington-Delaunay is a volunteer ...Show more

Thriller / suspense fiction

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ISBN

9781911129516

Publisher

Urbane Publications

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Speech

Format

Paperback

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