The Penguin Hansard
In August 1940, Penguin Books began publication of wartime speeches in the Penguin Hansard. Volume 1 covered the first few months of the second world war, with the aim of providing “a record, true in substance and in spirit, of a great phase in the history of Parliament.” Five more volumes were published, with all content “taken verbatim from the House of Commons Official Report of Parliamentary Debates”.
Title
The Penguin Hansard - being a digest of the House of Commons Official Report of Parliamentary Debates.1: From Chamberlain to Churchill
Date
5 August 1940
Catalogue number
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