Notes: SIGNED. FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING, 2012. Signed by Paul Reid on the flytitle page, dated 12/7/2012. Hardcover. Bound in black publisher's cloth. Publisher's initials "LB" are blind debossed on the front cover. Spine is lettered in silver foil. Contents include: List of Maps; Author's Note; Preamble, The Lion Hearted; Parts 1 through 8; Source Notes; and Copyright Acknowledgments. xvi, 1181 pp. Illustrated dust jacket bears a black and white portrait of Winston Churchill in a metallic sheen. DJ cover is lettered in off white and red. DJ spine is a royal blue and red with off white lettering. 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. Illustrated dustjacket.
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