The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965
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Authors: William Manchester,Paul Reid
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Europe, #Great Britain, #History, #Military, #Nonfiction, #Presidents & Heads of State, #Retail, #World War II
Volume One: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932
Volume Three: Defender of the Realm, 1940–1965
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To
MARY
and
CHARTWELL
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
—J
OHN
F. K
ENNEDY
on Theodore Roosevelt New York City, December 5, 1961
Lieutenant Winston S. Churchill, Subaltern of Horse, Fourth Hussars, 1896
Lieutenant Winston S. Churchill, 1896
Churchill among the ruins of the House of Commons
Lord Randolph Churchill at the time of his marriage
Invitation to a shipboard dance
Jennie as drawn by John Singer Sargent
Two of Winston’s first letters
Lieutenant Winston Churchill in India
Churchill in his first campaign for Parliament
From Churchill’s later version of the escape
Churchill addressing the crowd at Durban
Churchill and David Lloyd George
Churchill at British army maneuvers
Roger Keyes, John de Robeck, and Ian Hamilton
Lieutenant Colonel Churchill, 1916
Churchill in the summer of 1916
Churchill in Egypt with T. E. Lawrence
Eamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith
Churchill and Sir Henry Wilson
Austen Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, and Churchill
Churchill playing polo with the Prince of Wales
Churchill with the Duke of Sutherland at Deauville
Winston having fun at the beach
Churchill with Mary at Chartwell
Churchill in the garden at Chartwell
Churchill visits with Charlie Chaplin
The British Empire at Its Peak
Churchill’s Escape Route, 1899
The Western Front, August 25 to September 1, 1914
Naval Attack on the Dardanelles, March 18, 1915
| 1874 | | WSC born November 30 at Blenheim |
| 1886 | | His father becomes chancellor of the Exchequer |
| | | His mother is now a great Victorian courtesan |
| 1888 | | WSC enters Harrow; gets lowest marks in school |
| 1893 | | Admitted to Sandhurst on third try |
| 1894 | | Commissioned cavalry subaltern, Fourth Hussars |
| 1895 | | His father dies |
| | | WSC covers the guerrilla warfare in Cuba |
| 1896 | | Educates himself in India; discovers Macaulay and Gibbon |
| | | Writes first book |
| 1897 | | Sees heavy fighting in Khyber Pass |
| 1898 | | Omdurman: WSC in the last cavalry charge |
| 1899 | | WSC runs for Parliament; loses |
| | | Captured in the Boer War |
| | | His sensational escape |
| 1900 | | Recommended for VC |
| | | Elected to Parliament |
| | | Tours United States, Canada |
| 1901 | | Queen Victoria dies |
| | | WSC’s maiden speech |
| 1904 | | Quits Tories for Liberals |
| 1905 | | Becomes colonial under secretary |
| 1907 | | Tours East Africa |
| 1908 | | Promoted to cabinet |
| | | Marries Clementine Hozier |
| | | His alliance with Lloyd George |
| | | They declare war on House of Lords |
| 1910 | | WSC becomes home secretary |
| | | His welfare-state programs |
| 1911 | | Battle of Sidney Street |
| | | WSC becomes first lord of the Admiralty |
| | | Father of the tank |
| 1912–14 | | Irish Home Rule crisis |
| 1913 | | WSC learns to fly, founds Royal Naval Flying Corps |
| 1914 | | Outbreak of the Great War |
| | | WSC commands defense of Antwerp |
| 1915 | | The Dardanelles tragedy |
| | | WSC dismissed from the Admiralty |
| | | Learns to paint |
| | | Commissioned and sent to the front |
| 1916 | | As a lieutenant colonel, leads a battalion in trenches |
| 1917 | | Cleared by the Dardanelles Commission |
| | | Rejoins cabinet |
| | | His tanks in action on the western front |
| 1918 | | WSC in the trenches again |
| | | Germany surrenders |
| 1919 | | WSC becomes secretary for war and air |
| | | Chief supporter of Russian anti-Bolsheviks |
| 1920 | | Black and Tans in Ireland |
| 1921 | | WSC becomes colonial secretary |
| | | Lawrence of Arabia his adviser |
| | | Founds Jordan, Iraq |
| | | Supports Jewish homeland |
| | | The Chanak crisis |
| | | WSC founds Irish Free State |
| | | Death of Marigold Churchill |
| 1922 | | WSC buys Chartwell |
| 1922–24 | | Loses three elections |
| | | Turns Tory, wins |
| | | Becomes chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1924 | | Warns of danger in Germany |
| 1925 | | Returns Britain to the gold standard |
| 1926 | | General strike |
| | | WSC publishes British Gazette |
| 1929 | | Tours United States |
| | | Loses fortune in Wall Street |
| 1931 | | Quits Tory leadership over India |
| | | Manhattan auto accident |
| | | WSC sounds alarm over Nazis |
| 1932 | | Enters the political wilderness |