The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 - Hardcover

Manchester, William; Reid, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316547700 ISBN 13: 9780316547703

Verlag: Little Brown & Co, 2012

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Book by Manchester William Reid Paul

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"It's a must-read finale for those who loved Manchester's first two books."--USA Today

"Masterful... [and] breathtaking....Reid...finished the race with agility, grace, and skill....This is a book that is brilliant and beautiful, evocative and enervating."--Boston Globe

"The long-delayed majestic account of Winston Churchill's last 25 years is worth the wait....Manchester (and Reid) matches the outstanding quality of biographers such as Robert Caro and Edmund Morris, joining this elite bank of writers who devote their lives to one subject."--Publishers Weekly

"This is surely the best installment of the [series]....Reid has written a winning, full-blooded biography."--Newsday

"Reid learned well from Manchester, and the finished book is a worthy conclusion to what must be considered one of the most thorough treatments of Churchill so far produced. An essential conclusion to Manchester's magnum opus."--Library Journal (starred review)

"[Reid] keeps the 1,000-plus pages turning....[he] has heeded the words of his subject, and brought the decades-long project begun by his mentor to a dignified conclusion."--Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer

"The third and final volume of a massive work of biography is a tribute not only to Manchester but also to Reid, whose courage in accepting the job is matched by his success in telling the story."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Churchill was the greatest man of the last century and this is the greatest biography of him."--John Lescroart, The Sacramento Bee

"[An] in-depth narrative that nicely conveys the challenges facing Churchill....Impressive."--Bloomberg Businessweek

"Readers...will be taken by [Manchester's] boundless abilities as a storyteller."--Kirkus Reviews

Reseña del editor:

The long-awaited final volume of William Manchester's legendary biography of Winston Churchill.
Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense; compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States.

More than twenty years in the making, THE LAST LION presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring.

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• Verlag: Little Brown & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0316547700
• ISBN 13: 9780316547703
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1182