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The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill

Title
The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill / by William Manchester.
Author
Manchester, William, 1922-2004
Publication
  • Boston : Little, Brown, [1983]-2012.
  • ©1983-2012
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Additional Authors
Reid, Paul, 1949-
Description
3 volumes : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
Details the life of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's career against the backdrop of the Second World War and the collapse of the British Empire.
Alternative Title
  • Visions of glory, 1974-1932
  • Alone, 1932-1940
  • Defender of the realm, 1940-1965
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Note
  • Map on lining papers.
  • Volume 3 by William Manchester and Paul Reid.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. Visions of glory : 1874-1932. 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. Lion hunted ; Cyclone : May-December 1940 ; The rapids : January-December 1941 ; Vortex : 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.
Call Number
JFE 99-4490
ISBN
  • 0316545031
  • 9780316545037
  • 0316545120
  • 9780316545129
  • 9780316547703
  • 0316547700
  • 9780316224093
  • 031622409X
  • 9780385313483
  • 0385313489
LCCN
82024972
OCLC
9154456
Author
Manchester, William, 1922-2004, author.
Title
The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill / by William Manchester.
Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown, [1983]-2012.
Copyright Date
©1983-2012
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Reid, Paul, 1949- author.
Other Form:
Online version: Manchester, William Raymond, 1922- Last lion: Winston Spencer Churchill. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, ©1983-2012 (OCoLC)561127145
Research Call Number
JFE 99-4490 Library has: v. 1-2
JFE 14-2891 Library has: v. 3
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