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  • The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill.

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    Last Lion

    Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.

    In political office at the end of WWI, Churchill foresaw the folly of Versailles and feared what a crippled Germany would do to the balance of power. In his years in the political wilderness, from to , he alone of all British public men, continually raised his voice against Hitler and his appeasers. For over 50 years, he was constantly involved in, and usually at the center of, the most important events of his age. It was, however, his obduracy on matters of principle, his fortitude in the face of opposition, and his perseverance in standing alone that defined him.

    © William Manchester (P) Blackstone Audio Inc.

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    The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone,

    July 31,
    This second of three volumes bygd the masterful biographer covers the critical period of European history that encompasses the run-up to World War 2. The read is not quite as fun as the first volume because for most of this period Churchill was excluded from the governments in power. But it made for a thoroughly fängslande tale of his persistent efforts to wield influence to counter the unfortunate policy of appeasement that Britain and France took while Nazi Germany grew ever more powerful and aggressive.

    Due to his imperialist slant of not giving ground toward independence for India and work against tariffs, he was not invited to be a Cabinet member of MacDonald’s National government in and was considered too much of a warmonger to be accepted in the subsequent Conservative regimes of Baldwin and Chamberlain. We spend a lot of time with Churchill in domestic life at his estate in Kent, Chartwell. Gardening, landscaping, b

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    The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill

    Trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill

    The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a trilogy of biographies covering the life of Winston Churchill. The first two were published in the s by author and historian William Manchester, who died while working on the last volume. Before his death in , Manchester selected Paul Reid to complete it, and the final volume was published in

    Manchester suffered for several years from two strokes following the death of his wife in The strokes severely impaired his ability to write, making him unable to complete the third volume. After completing about , words of the volume he agreed to consider working with a collaborator,[1] ultimately settling on Paul Reid, a former feature writer for Cox Newspapers to complete the work.[2]

    Volumes:

    1. Visions of Glory, – ( pages, published in )
    2. Alone, – ( pages, published in )
    3. Defender of the Realm, – ( pages, p
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