Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Note |
Map on lining papers. |
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Volume 3 by William Manchester and Paul Reid. |
Contents |
v. 1. Visions Of glory : 1874-1932. Lion at bay ; Land of hope and glory ; Headwaters, 1874-1895 ; Stream, 1895-1901 ; River, 1901-1914 ; Cataract, 1914-1918 ; Oxbow, 1918-1932 -- v. 2. Alone : 1932-1940. The lion caged ; A fever over Europe ; Shoals ; Reef ; Undertow ; Vortex ; Surge ; Cataclysm -- v. 3. Defender of the realm : 1940-1965. 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 |
Details the life of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's career against the backdrop of the Second World War and the collapse of the British Empire. |
Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. (OCoLC)fst01716876
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Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Great Britain -- Biography.
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Government -- Great Britain -- 20th century.
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Famous Persons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Added Author |
Reid, Paul, 1949- author.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Manchester, William Raymond, 1922- Last lion: Winston Spencer Churchill. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, ©1983-2012 (OCoLC)561127145 |
ISBN |
0316545031 (v. 1) |
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9780316545037 (v. 1) |
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0316545120 (v. 2) |
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9780316545129 (v. 2) |
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9780316547703 (v. 3) |
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0316547700 (v. 3) |
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9780316224093 (v. 3 ; int'l ed.) |
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031622409X (v. 3 ; int'l ed.) |
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9780385313483 |
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0385313489 |
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0440546818 |
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9780440546818 |
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