The third book in this epic The Last Lion series concludes with the same intensity and thoroughness as the first two. Despite William Manchester not being able to complete this volume, Paul Reid did a superb job in assuming the mantle. Throughout the book readers are treated to the same level of details as William Manchester's first two volumes.

The only nitpick I have is that the book did tend to drawl on too much. Naturally, Winston Churchill's most active period in life came during his time as the Prime Minister during WW2, and it is expected that the book would spend most of the time during this period, but there are many sections in the book that veered off from being a biography of WSC to being a retelling of WW2. None of it is bad, but it did add substantially to the length of the book and may not added as much value as one would thought.

In the end though, it is very easy to love this book and this series. IMO, this is THE authoritative biography of WSC and one can scarcely do better than this.

Ok, just finished. A story well told. It seems somewhat different in style to Manchester's first two volumes, but it has been some years since I last read Manchester. Having said that I found the book an enjoyable and informative reading experience. The later life of WSC is well described, with a many anecdotes included. I particularly enjoyed learning more of his post war years, and was glad to see that his medical condition was not as bad as I had been led to believe. Also his "black dog", apparently a fiction?

Egregious error over the number of troops at Thermopylae (not 10k, but 100k+ Persians).

Magnificent.