The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 - Softcover

Manchester, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385313489 ISBN 13: 9780385313483

Publisher: Bantam, 1984

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · “An altogether absorbing popular biography . . . The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him.”—People

When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years the Empire would hover on the brink of catastrophe. Against this backdrop, a remarkable man began to build his legacy. From master biographer William Manchester, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory reveals the first fifty-eight years of the life of an adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman whose courageous leadership guided the destiny of his darkly troubled times—and who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.
 
Praise for The Last Lion: Visions of Glory
 
“Absolutely magnificent . . . a delight to read . . . one of those books you devour line by line and word by word and finally hate to see end.”—Russell Baker
 
“Bedazzling.”—Newsweek
 
“Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchill’s] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“Superb . . . [Manchester] pulls together the multitudinous facets of one of the richest lives ever to be chronicled. . . . Churchill and Manchester were clearly made for each other.”—Chicago Tribune
 
“A vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows.”—Boston Herald
 
“Adds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts.”—Time

About this title

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About the Author:

William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and renowned biographer. In addition to the three volumes of The Last Lion, his books include Goodbye, Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, and The Death of a President, as well as assorted works of journalism. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award. He passed away in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0385313489
• ISBN 13: 9780385313483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 992