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Published by Constable & Robinson, 2002
ISBN 10: 1841196088ISBN 13: 9781841196084
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
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Published by Ullstein, Berlin, 1999
ISBN 10: 3548244548ISBN 13: 9783548244549
Seller: Kultgut, Berlin, Germany
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Condition: Gut. 348 S., 2. Aufl., Orig.: Fertile Ground (1996), Übs. Klaus-Dieter Schmidt. Gutes Leseexemplar.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, Boston/Cambridge, 1966
Seller: Past Pages, Oshawa, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Samuel H. Bryant (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BOOK: Repaired; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Struggle for Survival 1940-1965. CONTENTS: Preface; BOOK ONE THIS STAR OF ENGLAND; Part One The Riddle of the War; Part Two The President Digs In; Part Three Under the Shadow of Stalin; BOOK TWO THE WITHERED GARLAND; Part Four Fall from Power; Part Five The Prime Minister Falters; Part Six Never Give In; Part Seven Winston and Anthony; Part Eight A Long Farewell; Appendices; Index. SYNOPSIS: In the spring of 1940, in the first minutes of Britain's finest hour, certain members of the Cabinet, realizing how essential the new Prime Minister had become, called in Sir Charles Wilson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, soon to become Lord Moran, to take charge of Winston Churchill's health. Sir Charles, calling at noon, found the Prime Minister in bed reading a document. After a while Churchill, "throwing back the bed-clothes, said abruptly: 'I suffer from dyspepsia, and this is the treatment.' With that he proceeded to demonstratesome breathing exercises." That evening, Sir Charles wrote in his diary, "I do not like the job, and I do not think the arrangement can last." It lasted for a quarter of a century. Wherever the Prime Minister went during the war years, Lord Moran was with him. The first trip was to visit the fleet at Scapa Flow at the northern tip of Scotland, in the dead of winter. Sir Charles, given no time to pack, set out in a greatcoat with a broad astrakhan collar, lent to him by the Prime Minister. It was January of 1941, and a low moment in the fortunes of Britain. Harry Hopkins, Mr. Roosevelt's roving representative, was a Scapa and brought tears to Mr. Churchill's eyes as he committed the United States to the support of England. A year before Pearl Harbor, Hopkins quoted to the Prime Minister Ruth's great pledge: "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God-even to the end." "To us," writes Lord Moran, "it was like a rope thrown to a drowning man.' On the next trip, it was the Prime Minister who committed all that his country had to the new ally, staggered by the blow of Pearl Harbor. Lord Moran's account of the visit to the White House for Christmas, 1941, is an extraordinary evocation of that time of faith and misfortune, when the President and the "Former Naval Person" cemented a fellowship which carried their countries to the final triumph. Casablanca, Moscow, Teheran, again and again Washington, Quebec, and at last Yalta and Potsdam. On all the voyages, through all the trials, Lord Moran was at Churchill's side. Alone, as he prepared for bed, the Prime Minister confided his hopes and disappointments to the doctor who soon was the closest of friends. And after the war, through the solitary years out of office, the struggle to regain power, the administration of a country and empire tired from the heroic trial of war, the statesman almost daily revealed his aspirations, his failures, his strengths and weaknesses, to his companion of the glorious days. Finally, when Sir Winston laid aside his great office and, ill but indomitable, fought out the last years, Lord Moran was at hand in all the crises. To the very end, everything was recorded in one of the splendid diaries of the English-speaking world. No other man could have told this story, which will last as long as the memory of its magnificent protagonist. When, at last, Sir Winston died, "He was taken at night to Westminster, to the hall of William Rufus, and there for three days he lay in state, while the people gathered . . . to do honour to the man they loved for his valour. On the fourth day he was borne on a gun-carriage to St. Paul's. There followed a long line of men in arms, marching to sorrowful music. With all the panoply of Church and State, Size:
Published by Arzalia Ediciones, 2018
ISBN 10: 8417241256ISBN 13: 9788417241254
Seller: AG Library, Malaga, Spain
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Condition: New. Idioma/Language: Español. Publicado originalmente en 1945, Anatom'a del valor es un relato radical sobre los efectos psicolgicos de la guerra narrados a travs de v'vidas observaciones de primera mano, as' como de jugosas ancdotas. Al exponer el Çmetabolismo 'ntimoÈ de su propia mente y recordar sus experiencias como oficial mdico en las trincheras durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, Lord Moran explora la verdadera naturaleza del valor en el frente. En estas pginas la vida y la muerte no son conceptos filosficos lejanos, sino que se sienten y se padecen como si estuviramos hundidos en las trincheras. Lord Moran es considerado uno de los mdicos de guerra ms importantes de la historia y sus observaciones llenas de humanidad, sus anlisis cient'ficos y las soluciones que propuso estaban muy adelantadas a su poca y constituyen una gran fuente de informacin sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial. Los temas abordados en este libro trascienden la historia militar para arrojar luz sobre el comportamiento humano en situaciones extremas y la manera de gestionar crisis colectivas. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla.
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Published by Published by Heron Books, London by arrangement with Constable and Company Ltd., 10-12 Orange Street, Leicester Square, London First Edition Thus . 1966., 1966
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy leatherette covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, gilt and burgundy patterned end sheets, silk book mark. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains frontispiece (xviii), 829 pp with 21 on 15 monochrome archive photographs throughout. Small mark to the bottom corner of the first 6 leaves, else in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.
Published by Zürich: Buchclub Ex Libris o. J. (Dt. EA.: Droemer Knaur, Mchn./Zürich 1967)., 1967
Seller: Antiquariat Lengelsen, Werdohl, Germany
Gr.-8°. Oln. 863 S. Mit 30 s/w Tafelabb. (Schnitt nachgedunkelt u. leicht angeschmutzt, vereinzelte Bleistiftanstr., noch gut).
Published by Gütersloh: Bertelsmann o. J. (Dt. EA.: Mchn./Zürich, Droemer Knaur, 1967), 1967
Seller: Antiquariat Lengelsen, Werdohl, Germany
Opbd. m. ill. Osu. 911 S. Mit 27 s/w Abb. auf Tafeln u. Register. Grauer Kopfschnitt. (Gut. Bilder auf Anfrage).
Published by Bertelsmann [1969]., Gütersloh:, 1969
Seller: Antiquariat Steinwedel, Betzendorf, Germany
fester Einband. 909 (2) Seiten, mit 27 Abbildungen, O.Ln. mit O.SchU. (Schutzumschlag etw. berieben, im Rückenbereich geböeicht und mit 2 kleinen Randeinrissen / Schnitt und Vorsätze gebräunt).
Published by Basic Books, 2006
ISBN 10: 0786717068ISBN 13: 9780786717064
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. 7.50x5.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by London: Constable, 1966, 1966
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Diaries] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xviii; 829 [1]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided. Publisher's red cloth in a stylish embossed typographic dust-jacket. Discreet black ink date (May 1966) to flyleaf. Top edge faded, with some spotting to edges. Jacket price-clipped, with some expected laminate shrinkage. Shows well. A near fine copy. Lord Moran was famous for being Sir Winston Churchill's personal physician. Although often misattributed to Sir Alexander Fleming, it was Moran who saved the Premier's life in 1943 via the use of sulphonamides, since he had no experience of penicillin.
Published by London: Constable, 1966, 1966
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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[Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Elegantly hand-bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spine, matching red cloth over boards, t.e.g. Slightly thumbed to fore-edge, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Lord Moran was famous for being Sir Winston Churchill's personal physician. Although often misattributed to Sir Alexander Fleming, it was Moran who saved the Premier's life in 1943 via the use of sulphonamides, since he had no experience of penicillin.