The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965

The long-awaited final volume of William Manchester's legendary biography of Winston Churchill.

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, The Last Lion picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning-fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action.

The Last Lion brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense, compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the never surrender ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States.

More than twenty years in the making, The Last Lion presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 11/06/2012
ISBN: 9780316547703
Pages: 1232
Weight: 3.48lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.00w x 2.60d

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 09/03/2012 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2012
Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 83
Booklist 10/15/2012 pg. 14
People Weekly 11/26/2012 pg. 59
Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2012 pg. 25
New York Times Book Review 12/23/2012 pg. 12
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2013 pg. 7
New York Review of Books 02/07/2013 pg. 23
Choice 05/01/2013
BookPage 12/01/2012