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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940
by MANCHESTER, WILLIAM
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0316545120
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545129
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About This Item
USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1988. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket Protected in an Archival Sleeve. Black cloth over spine with red Title panel, gilt titled, black pape-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, no edgewear, tight, solid and square. Internals as new. Jacket is clean and edgeworn. "Alone" is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. Biographer and historian William Manchester provides a fresh perspective on one of the century's most fabulous men, a man with limitations, sometimes callous and reckless, but with a global vision and boundless courage. 754 pages with Notes and Index. 1988, Little, Brown and Company, USA
Synopsis
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a planned trilogy of biographies. Two have already been published, on Winston Churchill, by author and historian William Manchester. The last volume is being completed by Paul Reid. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Lion%3A_Defender_of_the_Realm
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- Title
- The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940
- Author
- MANCHESTER, WILLIAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0316545120
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545129
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN; WORLD WAR II; PRIME MINISTERS; POLITICS; FOREIGN RELATIONS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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