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The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill / by William Manchester.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DA566.9.C5 M26 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manchester, William, 1922-2004.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
- Churchill, Winston.
- Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- v. : ill., [32] p. of plates, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, c1983-<c1988 >
- Summary:
- Details the first 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.
- Contents:
- [v.1]. Visions of glory, 1874-1932
- The lion at bay
- Land of hope and glory
- Headwaters, 1874-1895
- Stream, 1895-1901
- River, 1901-1914
- Cataract, 1914-1918
- Oxbow, 1918-1932
- [v.2]. Alone, 1932-1940
- The lion caged
- A fever over Europe
- Shoals
- Reef
- Undertow
- Vortex
- Surge
- Cataclysm
- [v.3]. Defender of the realm, 1940-1965
- The lion hunted
- Cyclone
- May-December 1940
- The rapids
- January-December 1941
- December 1941-November 1942
- Crosscurrents
- November 1942-December 1943
- Pilot
- December 1943-June 1944
- Anchorage
- June 1944-May 1945
- Ebb tide
- 1945-1955
- Postscript
- 1955-1965.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Paul Reid is the co-author for Volume 3.
- Map on lining papers.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: v.3, Nichols fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0316545031 (v. 1)
- 9780316545037 (v. 1)
- 0316545120 (v. 2)
- 9780316545129 (v. 2)
- 9780316547703 (v. 3)
- 0316547700 (v. 3)
- OCLC:
- 9154456
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