the last lion: winston spencer churchill: visions of glory, 1874–1932

pulls together the multitudinous facets of one of the richest lives ever to be chronicled. One cannot do better than this book.” -The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in drama. one of those books you devour line by line and word by word and finally hate to see end.” -Russell Baker Praise for The Last Lion: Visions of Glory From master biographer William Manchester, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory reveals the first fifty-eight years of the life of an adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman whose courageous leadership guided the destiny of his darkly troubled times-and who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Against this backdrop, a remarkable man began to build his legacy. Yet within a few years the Empire would hover on the brink of catastrophe. When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him.” - People

“An altogether absorbing popular biography.

The last lion: winston spencer churchill: visions of glory, 1874–1932