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Author
Series
Last lion (William Manchester) volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
32 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Churchill's story is one of high adventure, bitter defeats, and the inner strength of the towering Englishman whose watchword was: "Never give in. Never, never, never, never give in." In historical crises his soaring prose and histrionic manner made superb theatre. Manchester captures the full vibrancy of his animation, weaving the strands of the man and the British Empire's fall. This is a driving narrative, a re-creation of the past and England's...
Author
Series
Last lion (William Manchester) volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
29 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This second volume in William Manchester?s three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill?s finest hour was as a wartime leader. During the years 1932?1940, he was tested as few men are. Pursued by creditors (at one point he had to put up his home for sale), he remained solvent only by writing an extraordinary number of books and magazine articles. He was disowned by his own party, dismissed by the BBC and Fleet...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1983-2012
Physical Desc
v. : ill., maps, plates ; 25 cm.
Description
Details the fifty-eight years of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's prewar career against the backdrop of the collapse of the British Empire.
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