The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965: 1,2,3 [Kindle Edition] Author: William Manchester | Language: English | ISBN:
B009CJZEY2 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Direct download links available The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965: 1,2,3 Epub Free for everyone book 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense; compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States.
More than twenty years in the making, THE LAST LION presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965: 1,2,3 Epub Free
- File Size: 33367 KB
- Print Length: 3008 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; Box edition (November 20, 2012)
- Sold by: Hachette Book Group
- Language: English
- ASIN: B009CJZEY2
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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The content is top drawer for sure, but, for the price and weight of these heavy hardbacks one would expect they would not only be bound in stitches, but would have to be stitched out of necessity. They are not. These volumes have been bound in glue, not stitches. If they get too cold and are opened too soon they will crack. As they dry out (and they will) the spines will split and break. Pages will eventually fall out. If these books are studied and actually worked with, they will in short time, just fall apart. How many times have we found an excellent work such as this, that has been rendered difficult to handle and read with actual pages missing? And the creators of this obsolescence have the audacity to call it " perfect binding "! If this boxed set would be properly bound I would give 5 stars as the content is very well researched and written.
By Tim Bremser
I read all three volumes between 9 February and 23 March, 2013 on my commute to and from the office daily. The three volume set is not a collection of books, words, or stories. It is a painting, an artistic account of the most important Politician and Statesman of the 20th century. The painting within these pages flows and weaves with the song of history, historical significance, humor, sadness, and laughter. The first two volumes I read went by faster than I had hoped. Once picking up the first book and reading the preamble then prologue provided the "setting" of the world in England as one little Winston S. Churchill would be born on 1874. The second volume I realized was finished much too soon - I simply could not put this book down. Periodically I was reading some MLB baseball MVP stories - I did this to hold fast those pages within "Last Lion" of information for pure rentive ability. I simply could not put either one of the three books down once I started. If you love detail this series is for you.
Any person interested in Churchill should read this series. Paul Reid did an excellent job with Volume III and I believe that William Manchester would be very proud of Mr. Reid's effort.
I would recommend that readers that have not before read anything by William R. Manchester that you consider reading "Goodbye Darkness" first, then maybe (time permitting and your schedule) "American Caesar: The Life of General Douglas MacArthur - 1880 to 1964". Reading these other books will give you a great introduction to William Manchester's writing style; we lost a legend when he passed away.
By Gerry
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