The Last Lion : Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 (CD-Audio)

from tuckerresearch

An excellent, extensive account of Churchill's full and interesting early life. If Churchill had died in 1932, he would still deserve a biography. Manchester's prose is excellent, his coverage interesting and extensive, his background material is informative and needed. A rightly justified classi...

from msaucier818

An instant favorite! What a fantastic first volume of a three book trilogy on the life of Winston Churchill. This book takes us from Churchill's birth through his seeming end in politics in the early 1930s. It is a fantastic look at not only Churchill's life, but also the world around him. I part...

from Schmerguls

This volume came out in 1983 but I did not read it as I wanted to read all three volumes and I waited. The author died June 1, 2004 and the final volume was not published till this year. So I read this stupendous work, excellently researched and stunningly written. It is a total triumph and I fou...

from publiusdb

There are few political leaders that have captured my imagination like Winston Churchill does. William Manchester not only tells the story of what is perhaps Britain's greatest prime minister, he does it in fantastic detail. I've read complaints that Manchester uses perhaps too much detail, but I...

from dtgwynn

The Last Lion, William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, has been called one of the greatest biographies of the 20th century. Having just completed the first volume (Visions of Glory, 1874-1932), I must eagerly agree. Three elements especially stand out to me. First, Manch...