Penguin Random House, Sachbücher, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 (Englisch, Willi...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull &ldquo 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.&rdquo &mdash 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&mdash and who is remembered as one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. Praise for The Last Lion: Visions of Glory &ldquo 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.&rdquo &mdash Russell Baker &ldquo Bedazzling.&rdquo &mdash Newsweek &ldquo Manchester has read further, thought harder, and told with considerable verve what is mesmerizing in [Churchill&rsquo s] drama. . . . One cannot do better than this book.&rdquo &mdash The Philadelphia Inquirer &ldquo 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.&rdquo &mdash Chicago Tribune &ldquo A vivid, thoroughly detailed biography of the Winston Churchill nobody knows.&rdquo &mdash Boston Herald &ldquo Adds a grand dimension . . . rich in historical and social contexts.&rdquo &mdash Time.