Winston Churchill, the wilderness years / Martin Gilbert
1981, First Edition. London : MacMillan. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #291231
ISBN: 0333325648
Physical description; 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index. Contents; Prelude: The pinnacle of success -- 1. Political strife -- 2. 'These anxious and dubious times' -- 3. 'If we lose faith in ourselves ... ' -- 4. 'Stoats and weasels' -- 5. 'Leaderless confusion' -- 6. Appeasement: 'This long retreat' -- 7. Munich: 'The sacrifice of honor' -- 8. The coming of war. Subjects; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965). Prime ministers Great Britain ; Biography. Politics and government. Prime ministers. Statesmen Great Britain ; Biography. Prime minister Great Britain Biography. Great Britain Politics and government (1910-1936). Great Britain Politics and government (1936-1945). Great Britain Churchill, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), (1929-1939) Biographies. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €21.00