William Manchester

This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history,...

An up-close look at John F. Kennedy by one of his closest confidants, a New York Times-bestselling biographerWritten by a prize-winning historian and...

This second volume in William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill's finest hour was as a...

Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the twentieth century.His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were...

Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester's The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill...

This fine biography of H. L. Mencken tells of how, for better or worse, he rose to his unique position as comic genius and preeminent critic of American...

The preeminent popular history of civilization's rebirth after the Dark AgesFrom tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has...

In this narrative of extraordinary richness, depth, and authority, America's preeminent biographer/historian explored the German national character as no...

One of the most celebrated historians of the era brings us his viewpoints on the his fight to publish his book on President Kennedy's death as well as other...

As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to...

William Manchester was friends with John F. Kennedy for two decades before the President's assassination. In this work, the bestselling author of Portrait of...