The Last Lion Box Set - Paul Reid & William Manchester

The Last Lion Box Set

By Paul Reid & William Manchester

  • Release Date: 2012-11-20
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Description

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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    Incredible books, but what I find disconcerting is the price of the box set, $54.99. If you purchase the books individually, the price is $49.97. A discount of at least $10 - $20 off is standard for purchasing a box set, especially electronically. This is not the iTunes Store fault, I wrote to them, and they informed me that this is the price, they were provided with. Bad move for the publisher.