The Last Lion

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks upshortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tinyisland nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of NaziGermany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and PaulReid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, andan irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly recountshow Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense;compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, andpersonified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies winthe war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country tothe inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to theUnited States.More than twenty years in the making, THE LAST LION presents arevelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, anddynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring.