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Author Manchester, William, 1922-2004.

Title The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill. [Vol. 3], Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 / William Manchester & Paul Reid.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Little, Brown & Co., [2012]
©2012

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. CHURCHILL, W.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B CHURCHILL, WINSTON    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO CHURCHILL    DUE 05-07-24
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY CHURCHILL, WINSTON    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  B CHURCHILL MAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B CHURCHILL    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 1182 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [1055]-1112) and index.
Contents The Lion, hunted -- Cyclone : May-December 1940 -- The rapids : January-December 1941 -- Vortex : December 1941-November 1942 -- Crosscurrents : November 1942-December 1943 -- Pilot : December 1943-June 1944 -- Anchorage : June 1944-May 1945 -- Ebb tide : 1945-1955 -- Postscript : 1955-1965.
Summary Spanning the years of 1940-1965, this third volume in Manchester's monumental biography 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 and continues through Churchill's fight against the rising tide of communism.
Subject Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Cold War -- Biography.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Added Author Reid, Paul, 1949-
Added Title Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Last lion. Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
ISBN 9780316547703: $40.00
0316547700
9780316224093 (int'l ed.)
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