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THE LAST LION trilogy is an unparalleled portrait of Churchill as a brilliant, flawed, and dynamic adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman. William Manchester´s landmark biographies are collected together for the first time, along with the eagerly anticipated final installment covering World War II and Churchill´s last years in power.

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Universally acclaimed for their compelling narrative, their fresh insights, and their objective renderings of Winston Churchill´s life, THE LAST LION trilogy presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman.

Born at the end of the 19th century when Imperial Britain still stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power, Churchill would witness the shift a few years later as the Empire hovered on the brink of a catastrophic new era. One of the greatest wartime leaders of our time, he would go on to stand alone, politically isolated in Parliament, as he took the lead in warning of the growing Nazi threat, and would lead Britain to victory against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers in World War II.

Now, celebrated historian William Manchester´s landmark biographies are collected together for the first time, along with the eagerly anticipated final installment Churchill´s last years in power. More than thirty years in the making, THE LAST LION is the definitive work on this remarkable man whose courageous vision guided the destiny of a nation during darkly troubled times-and who looms as one of the greatest figures of our century.

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Praise for THE LAST LION, volumes 1 & 2:

"Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in its drama...One cannot do better than this book."-The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Paul Reid is an award-winning journalist. In late 2003 his friend, William Manchester, in failing health, asked Paul to complete The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm. He lives in North Carolina.

William Manchester was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer whose books include The Last Lion, Volumes 1 and 2, Goodbye Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, The Death of the President, and assorted works of journalism.

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