| Contents |
v. 1. Visions of glory, 1874-1932 -- The lion at bay -- Land of hope and glory -- Headwaters, 1874-1895 -- Stream, 1895-1901 -- River, 1901-1914 -- Cataract, 1914-1918 -- Oxbow, 1918-1932 -- v. 2. Alone, 1932-1940 -- The lion caged -- A fever over Europe -- Shoals -- Reef -- Undertow -- Vortex -- Surge -- Cataclysm -- v. 3. Defender of the realm, 1940-1965 / William Manchester & Paul Reid -- The lion hunted -- Cyclone--May-December 1940 -- The rapids -- January-December 1941 -- Vortex -- December 1941-November 1942 -- Crosscurrents -- November 1942-December 1943 -- Pilot -- December 1943-June 1944 -- Anchorage -- June 1944-May 1945 -- Ebb tide -- 1945-1955 -- Postscript -- 1955-1965. |
| Abstract |
Details the first fifty-eight years of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's prewar career against the backdrop of the collapse of the British Empire. |
| General note | Map on lining papers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Manchester, William Raymond, 1922- Last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, c1983- |
| LCCN | 82024972 |
| ISBN | 0316545031 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | 9780316545037 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | 0316545120 (v. 2) |
| ISBN | 9780316545129 (v. 2) |
| ISBN | 0316547700 (v. 3) |
| ISBN | 9780316547703 (v. 3) |
