![]() ![]() This volume chronicles the time of his political exile due to the stubbornness of his opinions and their lack of popularity with the rest of the MPs. "Churchill was a man of true grit and perseverance, and his story is covered beautifully in this second volume of his biography. Manchester tracks with new insights this complex, fascinating history without ever losing sight of Churchill the man, a man whose vision was global and whose courage was boundless. Churchill stood almost alone against Nazi aggression and the British and French pusillanimous policy of appeasement. He was disowned by his own party, dismissed by the BBC and Fleet Street and the social and political establishments as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament. Pursued by creditors (at one point he had to put up his home for sale), he remained solvent only by writing an extraordinary number of books and magazine articles. During the years 1932–1940, he was tested as few men are. This second volume in William Manchester’s three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill’s finest hour was as a wartime leader. ![]()
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