Focusing on Winston Churchill's pivotal role during World War II and beyond, this narrative explores his leadership from 1940 to 1965. It details his efforts to galvanize Britain against Nazi Germany, secure U.S. support, and champion the spirit of resilience. The authors also highlight his warnings about the Soviet threat and his quest for diplomatic engagement with world leaders. Ultimately, it portrays Churchill's final years, showcasing his enduring courage in the face of mortality and his unwavering commitment to his nation's future.
William Manchester Reihenfolge der Bücher
William Raymond Manchester war ein amerikanischer Autor und Biograf, der für seine Bestsellerwerke gefeiert wurde, die Leser weltweit fesselten. Seine produktive Arbeit, übersetzt in zahlreiche Sprachen, zeigt eine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit Geschichte und Biografie. Manchesters Schreiben zeichnet sich durch gründliche Recherche und einen fesselnden Erzählstil aus, der komplexe Themen für ein breites Publikum zugänglich und ansprechend macht. Er erhielt angesehene Auszeichnungen für seine Beiträge zur Literatur und zu den Geisteswissenschaften.







- 2013
- 2012
The Last Lion trilogy offers a profound and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill, showcasing his life as an adventurer, soldier, and statesman. Celebrated historian William Manchester's biographies delve into Churchill's leadership during WWII and his warnings against the Nazi threat, presenting a definitive account of this remarkable figure.
- 2009
Sbohem temnoto
- 374 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Kniha vzpomínek vojáka Námořní pěchoty Spojených států, který se účastnil války proti Japonsku.
- 2002
Goodbye, Darkness
- 416 Seiten
- 15 Lesestunden
This emotional and honest novel recounts a young man's experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through during those dark times.The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer
- 1993
A World Lit Only by Fire
- 336 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth - the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains - the Renaissance.
- 1989
- 1989
In Our Time
The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers
The evocative and sometimes shocking work of photojournalism's most renowned practitioners is collected in this fifty-year retrospective, narrated by William Manchester
- 1989
Mit Textbeitr. u. a. von Lacouture, Jean ; Ritchin, Fred Zahlr. tls. farb. Abb. 464 S.



