THE SECOND WORLD WAR (TWELVE VOLUMES) WINSTON CHURCHILL IN SOUTH AFRICA

  Heron, 1974. hardcovers, twelve volumes, complete, illustrated, condition: very good. This is Churchill’s history of the epic struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. Seldom, if ever, has history endowed such a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and singular ability to write it. Churchill’s eloquence and insight frames the world-defining events of his time in truly enduring prose. This twelve-volume epic has been called “indispensable reading for anyone who seeks a true understanding of the war that made us what we are today.” An attractive set of twelve volumes bound in quarter brown leather over olive brown simulated kid skin with an embossed gold bust on each cover with gilt banded decorations to the spines & covers. Each volume has decorative end papers & a yellow plaited ribbon marker. (Heron Books) This set is heavily illustrated throughout with maps, diagrams & black/white photographs.