William Manchester

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New Jersey

A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972

This volume covers 50 years of American history from the Great Depression to Richard Nixon's second term.

The Glory and the Dream

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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940, Vol. II

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Winston Spencer Churchill Alone, 1932-1940 Vol. II

The second volume of William Manchester's masterful account of Winston Churchill's life.



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. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Yet despite his personal and political troubles, Churchill managed to assemble a vast, underground intelligence network-both within the British government and on the continent-which provided him with more complete and accurate information on Germany than the British government. Recognizing the horrifying truth, Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the sordid British and French policy of appeasement.

Manchester's luminous portrait never loses sight of Churchill the man-a man with limitations, especially his callousness toward others (including his supporters) and his recklessness, which could border on the foolhardy; but also a man whose vision was global and whose courage was boundless. Here is Churchill as a light in the approaching darkness, readying himself for the terrible stand to come.

The Last Lion

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Indiana

Winston Churchill Visions of Glory 1874 - 1932

The Last Lion: Volume 1

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Gifted to me in current condition. Yellow highlights throughout 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age

A World Lit Only by Fire

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First edition in excellent condition. Previous owners name written inside. 

New York

William Manchester's A World Lit Only by Fire is the preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark Ages.

Washington

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964

The acclaimed biographer and historian examines the career of the legendary soldier-hero and paradoxical four-star general, a military genius who suffered from lapses in strategy.

American Caesar  94

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A Memoir of the Pacific War

This respected author has written a personal memoir of his experiences in the Pacific during World War II.

Goodbye, Darkness  82

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This emotional and honest novel recounts a young man's experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through during those dark times.


The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer

Goodbye, Darkness 85

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Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932

The Last Lion 86

Kentucky

American Caesar    74

This book is an excellent condition, the dust cover does have a small tear and some shelfware. There are no bins or tears in the pages of the book.

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Last Lion, the: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940 - Volume 2

Goodbye, Darkness

Book is in good readable condition. Has a burn stain on the cover and a crease. Remainder of book is in great condition.

Pennsylvania

Book in great readable condition. A small tear on the bottom dust jacket spine. 

S272, c1988, some browning on inside cover

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

"The best Churchill biography [for] this generation . . . Even readers who know the basic story will find much that is new."--Newsweek

In this powerful biography, the middle volume of William Manchester's critically acclaimed trilogy, Winston Churchill wages his defining campaign: not against Hitler's war machine but against his own reluctant countrymen. Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill's finest hour was the uphill battle against appeasement. As Parliament received with jeers and scorn his warnings against the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone--only to be vindicated by history as a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm.
 
Praise for The Last Lion: Alone
 
"Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character . . . that he can claim the considerable achievement of having assembled enough powerful evidence to support Isaiah Berlin's judgment of Churchill as 'the largest human being of our time.'"--The New Yorker
 
"Memorable."--San Francisco Chronicle
 
"Stirring . . . As Manchester points out several times, it's as if the age, having produced a Hitler, then summoned Churchill as the only figure equal to the task of vanquishing him. The years Alone are the pivotal years of Churchill's career."--The Boston Sunday Globe
  
"A triumph . . . equal in stature to the first volume of the series."--Newsday
 
"Vivid . . . history in the grand manner."--The Washington Post
 
"Compelling reading."--The Times (London)

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "An altogether absorbing popular biography . . . The heroic Churchill is in these pages, but so is the little boy writing forlorn letters to the father who all but ignored him."--People

When Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace in 1874, Imperial Britain stood at the splendid pinnacle of her power. Yet within a few years the Empire would hover on the brink of catastrophe. Against this backdrop, a remarkable man began to build his legacy. From master biographer William Manchester, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory reveals the first fifty-eight years of the life of an adventurer, aristocrat, soldier, and statesman whose courageous leadership guided the destiny of his darkly troubled times--and who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.
 
Praise for The Last Lion: Visions of Glory
 
"Absolutely magnificent . . . a delight to read . . . one of those books you devour line by line and word by word and finally hate to see end."--Russell Baker
 
"Bedazzling."--Newsweek
 
"Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchill's] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
"Superb . . . [Manchester] pulls together the multitudinous facets of one of the richest lives ever to be chronicled. . . . Churchill and Manchester were clearly made for each other."--Chicago Tribune
 
"A vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows."--Boston Herald
 
"Adds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts."--Time

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932

1983 Edition. Mild wear to dust jacket, specked along edges due and to age. See photos. 

Michigan

The Last Lion -- Winston Spencer Churchill 

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth-the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains- the Renaissance.

Florida

Book has some staining on edges and back cover. There is also an embossed stamp on one of the front pages. All flaws are pictured above. Other than noted flaws, book is in great condition. 

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