Last Lion Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester

Last Lion Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester

In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester's critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler's war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill's finest hour was the uphill battle against appeasement. As Parliament received with jeers and scorn his warnings against the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone--only to be vindicated by history as a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm.

Praise for The Last Lion: Alone

Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character . . . that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin's judgment of Churchill as 'the largest human being of our time.'--The New Yorker

Memorable.--San Francisco Chronicle

Stirring . . . As Manchester points out several times, it's as if the age, having produced a Hitler, then summoned Churchill as the only figure equal to the task of vanquishing him. The years Alone are the pivotal years of Churchill's career.--The Boston Sunday Globe

The best Churchill biography for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new.--Newsweek

A triumph . . . equal in stature to the first volume of the series.--Newsday

Vivid . . . history in the grand manner.--The Washington Post

Compelling reading.--The Times (London)

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ISBN 13	9780440500476
ISBN 10	0440500478
Title	Last Lion Alone 1932-1940
Author	William Manchester
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1989-09-03
Number of pages	800
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