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William Raymond Manchester
Birth date: April 01, 1922
Died: June 01, 2004
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mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 4 years ago
Before he became the face of the dogged determination in World War II and the voice of inspiration for the British people, Winston Churchill was a scion of a noble family looking to make his mark and coming close on many occasions. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-19...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: autumn-2015, dip-in-now-and-again, nonfiction, published-2012, biography, politics, war, wwii, unfinished-by-author Read from September 05 to October 31, 2015 Description: Spanning the years of 1940-1965, The Last Lion picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister—...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: autumn-2015, dip-in-now-and-again, biography, nonfiction, published-1983, tbr-busting-2015 Read from April 06, 2013 to September 05, 2015 Description: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace, Imperial Britain s...
spoko
spoko rated it 10 years ago
An interesting—and unusual—approach to history. It works well, really. I didn't entirely trust the history presented; it seemed a bit too . . . pro-establishment, I guess. Sometimes in ways that look naive with hindsight. But I did trust it enough to continue with it, and it was fun to go along with...
Stewartry
Stewartry rated it 11 years ago
There was a book in the history section of Barnes and Noble when I worked there, which I admit to fondling a little every time I straightened that section, called A World Lit Only by Fire, by William Manchester. It's a superb title - it put that sort of glazed light in my eyes as I thought about jus...
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