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Last Lion, The: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 - Volume 2
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Last Lion, The: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 - Volume 2 Hardcover - 1988

by William Manchester


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The second volume of William Manchester's masterful account of Winston Churchill's life.

Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Yet despite his personal and political troubles, Churchill managed to assemble a vast, underground intelligence network-both within the British government and on the continent-which provided him with more complete and accurate information on Germany than the British government. Recognizing the horrifying truth, Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the sordid British and French policy of appeasement. Manchester's luminous portrait never loses sight of Churchill the man-a man with limitations, especially his callousness toward others (including his supporters) and his recklessness, which could border on the foolhardy; but also a man whose vision was global and whose courage was boundless. Here is Churchill as a light in the approaching darkness, readying himself for the terrible stand to come.

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NUMBER 10 Downing Street, at that time the most famous address in the world, is one of three gracious seventeenth-century houses built by George Downing, a Harvard man who returned to the country of his birth, became a Cromwellian civil servant, and designed No. 10, No. 11, and No. 12 as "large and well-built houses, fit for persons of honour and quality, each house to have a pleasant prospect into St. James' Park."

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  • Title Last Lion, The: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 - Volume 2
  • Author William Manchester
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 816
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, Boston
  • Date October 28, 1988
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780316545129 / 0316545120
  • Weight 2.6 lbs (1.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8 in (23.88 x 16.26 x 4.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82042972
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Library Journal, 11/01/1988, Page 0

About the author

William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion, Volumes 1 and 2, Goodbye Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, The Death of the President, and assorted works of journalism.
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