ISBN-13: 9780385313483
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn 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.PeopleWhen 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 timesand who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Praise for The Last Lion Visions of GloryAbsolutely 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 BakerBedazzling.NewsweekManchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchills] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book.The Philadelphia InquirerSuperb . . . [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 TribuneA vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows.Boston HeraldAdds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts.Time
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ISBN-13: 9780385313483
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn 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.PeopleWhen 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 timesand who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Praise for The Last Lion Visions of GloryAbsolutely 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 BakerBedazzling.NewsweekManchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchills] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book.The Philadelphia InquirerSuperb . . . [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 TribuneA vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows.Boston HeraldAdds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts.Time
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