{"product_id":"savrola-a-tale-of-the-revolution-in-laurania","title":"Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution In Laurania","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description Published in 1900, the novels subtitle, A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania, reflects the storys modern political focus. Savrola contains the seeds of Churchills exceptional talents as a statesman, a political philosopher, and a man of literature. The ambition of Savrola to rule foreshadows Churchills own lifelong career as the greatest democratic leader of the past century. In the novel, Churchill the thinker explores the challenges of securing democratic order and avoiding mob rule. He sketches a model of the education needed for modern statesmanship and describes the kind of rhetoric that appeals to a modern democratic people. Elements of Churchills literary style in the novel anticipate the greatness of his later prose works that would merit him the Nobel Prize for Literature. This edition of Savrola contains extensive introductory materials, notes, an appendix, and is lavishly illustrated with reproductions of the Andre Collot woodcuts made for a limited French edition of the work Book Description Savrola is Winston Churchills first major literary effort and his only fulllength work of fiction. Published in 1900, the novels subtitle, Savrola contains the seeds of Churchills exceptional talents as a statesman, a political philosopher, and a man of literature. The ambition of Savrola to rule foreshadows Churchills own career as the greatest democratic leader of the past century. He sketches a model of the education needed for modern statesmanship and describes the kind of rhetoric that appeals to a modern democratic people, all in a style that anticipates his later Nobel Prize for Literature. This edition of Savrola contains extensive introductory materials, notes, an appendix, and is lavishly illustrated with reproductions of the Andr Collot woodcuts made for a limited French edition. About the Author Patrick Powers, editor, is a tutor and academic dean at Magdalen College in Warner N.H. He is Director of the Fides et Ratio Colloquium, a gathering of Catholic liberalarts colleges, under the auspices of the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Augustines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47952624156917,"sku":"DADAX1587317540","price":26.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91TQ3eayIEL.jpg?v=1775472634","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/savrola-a-tale-of-the-revolution-in-laurania","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}