The Last Lion
Book description
This is the second in William Manchester's masterly 3 volume life of Winston Churchill. It contests the favoured view that Churchill's finest hour was as Britain's wartime leader, viewing his greatest period as a statesman during 1932 to 1940, ignored in Parliament and disowned by the social and political establishment…
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William Manchester was such a great writer that I felt the loss keenly when he announced he couldn’t finish the 3rd book.
A writer that made the mundane soar and takes the already amazing life and speeches of Winston Churchill and frames them in a story that seems timeless. Churchill wasn't perfect, but he had seen WWII approaching, predicted what would happen, and then managed to get into power at the crucial moment to keep the UK alive.
Manchester's prose sings, and the story ends at the darkest hour. I think Britain's experience in WWII is a very good example…
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