OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY: VOLUME III
"The Challenge of War" 1914-1916 [New Reprint Edition]
$45.00
Martin Gilbert
American Reprint Edition
(Za301c) (R230c)
2008
Hillsdale College Press [Michigan]
8vo (988 pages, with photographs, maps, plans and foldout genealogical tables)
Hardcover (with Dust Jacket) [Burgundy cloth]
The Official Biography
Churchill at Chartwell
13543
A return to print of the complete Official Biography; a most noble undertaking by this small American university press.
This is Main Volume III, new in dust jacket; the first volume authored by Sir Martin Gilbert after Randolph Churchill's passing. It is offset printed from the original Volume III and contains all of the original illustrations.
This is Main Volume III, new in dust jacket; the first volume authored by Sir Martin Gilbert after Randolph Churchill's passing. It is offset printed from the original Volume III and contains all of the original illustrations.
The Official Biography is the ultimate source work about Sir Winston Churchill and the longest biography ever published (the actual Guinness record holder). Begun by Churchill's son Randolph (who authored Volumes I and II), the 8-volume set was completed (Volumes III-VIII) by Sir Martin Gilbert, whose great achievement it remains. The 8 Main text volumes are supplemented by 18 Companion volumes (to date) that reproduce in their entirety most of the letters and documents referred to in the Main volumes. These Main volumes consist of Volume I: Youth (1874-1900), Volume II: Young Statesman (1901-1914), Volume III: The Challenge Of War (1914-1916), Volume IV: The Stricken World (1917-1922), Volume V: The Prophet Of Truth (1922-1939), Volume VI: Finest Hour (1939-1941), Volume VII: Road To Victory (1941-1945) and Volume VIII: Never Despair (1945-1965). The Companion volumes are comprised of: Volume I (2 parts); Volume II (3 parts); Volume III (2 parts); Volume IV (3 parts); Volume V (3 parts); and Volume VI (5 parts, with more still to come. The last two are the work of Hillsdale College Press, and are numbered somewhat differently). A total of five further Companion volumes are still planned. Sir Martin Gilbert passed away in 2015.
