Winston S. Churchill, Companion Volume V - in Three Parts, complete: Part 1 - The Exchequer Years 1922-1929, Part 2 - The Wilderness Years 1929-1935, Part 3 - The Coming of War 1936-1939

GILBERT, MARTIN

ISBN 10: 0434291889 / ISBN 13: 9780434291885

Published by Heinemann, London, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Winston S. Churchill, Companion Volume V - ...

Publisher: Heinemann, London

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Hard Cover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First Editions, First printings.

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Synopsis:

This is the first British edition of Companion Volume V, Part 3 of the official biography of Sir Winston Churchill. Initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, these volumes are an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion" volumes. The eight main text volumes were originally published between 1966 and 1988. Publication of the Companion volumes continues today. The Companion volumes for Volume V of the Official Biography are perhaps the most keenly sought and most prohibitive to acquire of all official biography volumes. The British and U.S. first editions saw just a single printing and the Volume V Companions were published in smaller quantities than other Companion volumes - meaning that many first edition Official Biography sets will forever do without. Based on one of the richest and most complete archives of modern British history, the documents reflect not only Churchill's political and personal life but also the dramatic political scenes in which he played a major part. The documents, letters, telegrams, etc. include his letters to his wife (published in full) as well as material from Cabinet and Ministerial papers in the Public Record Office, over one hundred private archives, and hitherto classified material.