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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill; Visions of Glory: 1874–1932

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill; Alone: 1932–1940

“Manchester is not only a master of detail, but also of ‘the big picture.’ … I daresay most Americans reading
The Last Lion
will relish it immensely.”

— National Review

“Churchill and Manchester were clearly made for each other.”
— Chicago Tribune

“Told with skill and vivid anecdotes. … Manchester introduces us, by way of new and dramatic emphases, to many startling things we thought we knew.”
— Time

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“Gripping. … It is impossible for an American to read this book without pride in what his country accomplished in those days of enormous challenge.”

—J. G. HARRISON,
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

In this intensely powerful memoir, America's preeminent biographer-historian, who has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas MacArthur
(American Caesar)
and Winston Churchill
(The Last Lion),
looks back at his own early life and offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific, of what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and, most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences.

“Compelling. … No other living author could have gotten it all down so well.”

—
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

“When Manchester speaks of the awesome heroism and hideous suffering of the Marines he lived with and fought with, he is reverent before the mystery of individual courage and gallantry.”

—
BALTIMORE SUN

“A strong and honest account. … Mr. Manchester's combat writing is one of his book's strengths and stands comparison with the best.”

—TED MORGAN,
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

William Manchester is one of America's most celebrated biographer-historians. His bestselling books include
The Last Lion,
a multivolume biography of Winston Churchill;
American Caesar,
a biography of Douglas MacArthur;
The Death of a President; The Arms of Krupp;
and
A World Lit Only by Fire
. He is Professor of History Emeritus at Wesleyan University.