{"product_id":"the-last-lion-volume-1-winston-churchill-visions-of-glory-1874-1932-9780316545037","title":"The Last Lion: Volume 1: Winston Churchill Visions of Glory 1874 - 1932","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first volume in William Manchester's masterful, magnum opus account of Winston Churchill's life. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lion: Visions of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e follows the first fifty-eight years of Churchill's life--the years that mold him into the man who will become one of the most influential politicians of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this, the first volume, Manchester follows Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he began to warn against the re-militarization of Germany. Born of an American mother and the gifted but unstable son of a duke, his childhood was one of wretched neglect. He sought glory on the battlefields of Cuba, Sudan, India, South Africa and the trenches of France. In Parliament he was the prime force behind the creation of Iraq and Jordan, laid the groundwork for the birth of Israel, and negotiated the independence of the Irish Free State. Yet, as Chancellor of the Exchequer he plunged England into economic crisis, and his fruitless attempt to suppress Gandhi's quest for Indian independence brought political chaos to Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout, Churchill learned the lessons that would prepare him for the storm to come, and as the 1930's began, he readied himself for the coming battle against Nazism--an evil the world had never before seen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316545037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 2.10d","brand":"William Manchester","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084090278069,"sku":"9780316545037","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f4ef27b0-7acb-4549-8acf-e3f3b08c34c6.jpg?v=1692110131","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-lion-volume-1-winston-churchill-visions-of-glory-1874-1932-9780316545037","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}