The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965 (521 page)

Diana and Randolph, holding his ever-present cigarette, on a London street, 1960. (
Corbis
)

Sarah Churchill under arrest for public drunkenness, Southern California, 1958. (
George Lack Estate
)

Sir Winston and daughter Sarah, nicknamed “the mule” in childhood. (
Corbis
)

Sir Winston Churchill greets New York from his chair on the deck of the yacht
Christina,
as she arrives in the Hudson River, April 12, 1961. The owner of the yacht, Aristotle Onassis, stands behind Churchill, glass in hand. (Others unidentified.) (
AP
)

Churchill’s casket, draped by a Union Jack, is carried from St. Paul’s Cathedral by members of the Grenadier’s Guards, January 30, 1965. (
Getty
)

William Manchester
was a hugely successful popular historian and biographer. In addition to
The Last Lion,
his books include
Goodbye Darkness, A World Lit Only by Fire, The Glory and the Dream, The Arms of Krupp, American Caesar, The Death of the President,
and assorted works of journalism.

Paul Reid
is an award-winning journalist. In late 2003, Manchester, in failing health, asked him to complete
The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm
. A Boston native, Reid now lives in western North Carolina.

D
ISTURBER OF THE
P
EACE
: The Life of H. L. Mencken

A R
OCKEFELLER
F
AMILY
P
ORTRAIT
: From John D. to Nelson

P
ORTRAIT OF A
P
RESIDENT
: John F. Kennedy in Profile

A
MERICAN
C
AESAR
: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964

T
HE
L
AST
L
ION
: W
INSTON
S
PENCER
C
HURCHILL
; Visions of Glory: 1874–1932

T
HE
L
AST
L
ION
: W
INSTON
S
PENCER
C
HURCHILL
; Alone: 1932–1940

T
HE
L
AST
L
ION
: W
INSTON
S
PENCER
C
HURCHILL
; Defender of the Realm: 1940-1965

(co-author Paul Reid)

T
HE
D
EATH OF A
P
RESIDENT
: November 20–November 25, 1963

T
HE
A
RMS OF
K
RUPP
, 1587–1968

T
HE
G
LORY AND THE
D
REAM
: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972

A W
ORLD
L
IT
O
NLY BY
F
IRE
: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance

C
ONTROVERSY
: And Other Essays in Journalism, 1950–1975

T
HE
C
ITY OF
A
NGER

S
HADOW OF THE
M
ONSOON

T
HE
L
ONG
G
AINER

B
EARD THE
L
ION

G
OODBYE
, D
ARKNESS
: A Memoir of the Pacific War

O
NE
B
RIEF
S
HINING
M
OMENT
: Remembering Kennedy

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Compilation copyright © 2012 by William Manchester, John Manchester, Julie Manchester, Laurie Manchester, and Paul Reid

Volume One: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932
© 1983 by William Manchester

Cover design by Matt Tanner; photograph © Mirrorpix/The Bridgeman Art Library

Volume Two: Alone, 1932–1940
Copyright © 1988 by William Manchester

Cover design by Matt Tanner; photograph © Condé Nast Archive/Corbis

Volume Three: Defender of the Realm, 1940–1965
© 2012 by John Manchester, Julie Manchester, Laurie Manchester, and Paul Reid

Cover design by Matt Tanner; photograph © Mirrorpix/The Bridgeman Art Library

Omnibus cover design by Matt Tanner

Covers copyright © 2012 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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