This is not a book review…

It’s an ode to biographers instead, and maybe a dirge for the death of an empire. I just finished Manchester and Reid’s Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 (Last Lion #3). Phew! Manchester died before this was finished, and Reid completed the tome. And tome it is. Goodreads had it listed as 1237 pages. That’s a wee bit off because approximately 200 pages are dedicated to notes, bibliography, and index. Still, with about a 1000 pages of real text, all in a tiny, tiny font, this is a ma...