The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory,

ISBN: 0385313489

Author: Manchester, William

Condition: new

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.-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 times-and 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