equal in stature to the first volume of the series." - Newsday "Vivid. The years Alone are the pivotal years of Churchill's career." - The Boston Sunday Globe "A triumph. 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. 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. Praise for The Last Lion: Alone "Manchester has such control over a huge and moving narrative, such illumination of character. 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.
Manchester contends that even more than his leadership in combat, Churchill's finest hour was the uphill battle against appeasement.
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. "The best Churchill biography for] this generation.
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