The Last Lion
by William Manchester and Paul Reid
The three-volume Churchill: youth, the wilderness years, and the war, finished by Reid after Manchester's death. Grand, old-fashioned narrative biography.
Read it if…
you want Churchill at full length and in full color.
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Skip it if…
you want one volume; see Roberts.
Try instead: Churchill: A Life →
Three things you will actually use
- Preparation in obscurity.
- Courage is the first virtue.
- Words are weapons.
Do this first
Read volume two, the wilderness years.
Our verdict
Churchill, three volumes.
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