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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. From Booklist Starred Review The second volume of the late Manchester's Churchill biography (The Last Lion: Alone, 1988) left its audience in suspense with Churchill's appointment as British prime minister in May 1940 and in anticipation of how Manchester would

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Author

Manchester, William; Reid, Paul

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316547703

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Political Science