The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00A2A6RXC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Worthy Final Volume" according to Raoul. I have been nervously awaiting this book for years. My first encounter with Manchester came when volume one first came out. I was a child, and I went to visit my grandmother (who was in London during the Blitz); she held the book up to show me what she was reading. "The man." she said. "The great, great man."Year. "Vol III from a wonderful series on WSC" according to L. Figueroa. This is the last volume in a wonderful series of books on Winston Spencer Churchill. I am almost finished with this last book and have learned quite a bit about the man, the country he loved and lead through one of its most challenging times. When you read about all the people Churchill met and worked with or aga. "This is an excellent finale to the three book series" according to Pete Santos. This is an excellent finale to the three book series. I have read an awful lot about Winston Churchill by now. He was by no means a perfect person and this book does not represent him as such. But when it is all said and done,,,, Charles DeGaulle, (who had a complicated relationship with alot of the leaders of th
More than 20 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.. The Churchill portrayed by Manchester and Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning-fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. This volume brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense, compelled President Roosevelt to support 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. Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester's The Last Lion, picks up shortly after W