Sam Leith (Author) Sam Leith is the literary editor of The Spectator and a columnist for the FT, whose work has appeared in the Times, Guardian, TLS and New York Times among other outlets. He¿s the author of several books, including You Talkin¿ To Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama and Write To The Point: How To Be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page.Edith Pritchett (Illustrator) Edith Pritchett is in-house cartoonist for online news c...
Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their greens. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question is, don't you?In this updated edition of his classic guide, Sam Leith traces the art of argument from ancient Greece down to its many modern mutations. He...
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Lord Berners was a composer, writer, painter, aesthete and eccentric, indeed in Mark Amory's words 'The Last Eccentric', famously dyeing the pigeons at his house, Faringdon, in vibrant colours, and, for a time, having a giraffe as a pet and tea companion. This is a social history and a chronicle of a mad-cap English eccentric.
Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. In this highly entertaining (and persuasive) book, Sam Leith examines how people have taught, practised and thought about rhetoric from its Attic origins to its twenty-first century apotheosis. Along the way, he ...
