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5.0 out of 5 stars Arguably the greatest biography ever written, Dec 16 2000

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This review is from: Last Lion, The: Volume 1: Winston Churchill Visions of Glory 1874 - 1932 (Hardcover)

I was already a huge Churchill fan when I decided to read this book. The first book I had read on him was Gilbert's one volume condensed version of the official biography. But nothing could prepare me for how wonderfully written this book was. Just as many others have said, I read the introduction and became hooked. I have yet to find another modern author with a talent for writting as great as Manchester's.

What makes these two volumes great is that they really portray Churchill as a human being--he isn't simply the man who saved Great Britain (and arguably Western Civilization) from the Nazis. He was man with human strengths and human weaknesses--just like all of us. Manchester never loses sight of this throughout his work. He stresses the man's faults just as much as he stresses his strengths. In addition to this, both volumes--particularly the first one--give the reader an idea of what the world around Churchill was like. The prelude of Vol. I, for example, doesn't even mention Churchill until the very end, when he is born. Rather, it tells of what Victorian Britain was like up to the man's birth in 1874.

One sad event to note, however: for many, many years there has been speculation about when Mr. Manchester will publish the third and final volume. I can say with absolute certainty that the third volume will NEVER come about.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Oct 24 2009

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This review is from: The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill : visions of glory, 1874-1932 (Hardcover)

The Last Lion is an excellent series of authoritative volumes documenting the life and career, the triumphs and the termoil of Mr Churchills life. I have found its anecdotes to be delightful and a wonderfully insightiful account of this giant character. I would recommed the book to all of us who need to learn more about the life of Winston Churchill.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Man of the Century, Feb 4 2004

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Joseph J. Slevin (Carlsbad, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Lion, The: Volume 1: Winston Churchill Visions of Glory 1874 - 1932 (Hardcover)

Manchester's work is extraordinary and a journey into the making of a great leader of the world that was the 20th century.

Churchill was a man of vision and he was molded in his early years. Manchester makes a case for his growth coming in the Boar War period.

There is a beginning of greatness. Manchester introduces us to the world that formed this great man.

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