| As a biographer, William Manchester is the standard by which all others are measured. And when a writer of his caliber is matched with a subject as colorful as Winston Churchill, look for results that are magisterial. This, the first in what will culminate in a three-volume biography, is a momentous piece of work.
Churchill's story is one of high adventure, bitter defeats, and the inner strength of the towering Englishman whose watchword was: "Never give in. Never, never, never, never give in." In historical crises his soaring prose and histrionic manner made superb theatre. Manchester captures the full vibrancy of his animation, weaving the strands of the man and the British Empire's fall. This is a driving narrative, a re-creation of the past and England's last and greatest statesman. In this book, the British lion-symbol of imperial might-rises rampant once more, all teeth and claws and flashing eyes, doomed but defiant, magnificent and immortal.
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