GILBERT, Martin. [Gary Oldman] [Winston S. Churchill].
Winston S. Churchill: Finest Hour 1939-1941.
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company , 1983.
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First Edition of Winston S. Churchill Finest Hour 1939-1941; Signed by Martin Gilbert and Academy Award-Winning Actor Gary Oldman
First edition of this classic work, which starts with the outbreak of war in September 1939 and ends with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Churchill, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Martin Gilbert and Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman on the title page, who played Winston Churchill in the 2017 film Darkest Hour. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
“My aim in this volume has been to tell Churchill's personal story, from September 1939 to December 1941. Since the war, many diaries, memoirs and historical accounts have been published about these years, including the first three volumes of Churchill's own memoirs. Each of these books has given its own insight. I have tried to weave together all the available sources, unpublished as well as published, to present a new perspective on Churchill's contribution, setting his thoughts and policies, his hopes and fears, in the context of the daily, and at times hourly, pressures of war" (Martin Gilbert).
Winston S. Churchill: Finest Hour 1939-1941.
$1,600.00
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