winston Churchill Rages Against Time And His Own Mortality In This Tumultuous Political Drama Of His Last Ten Years Of Public Life. Here Is Churchill At His Most Outrageous, Maddening, And Devious—but Also At His Most Human, Courageous, And Defiant. i Am An Obstinate Pig. This Was How Winston Churchill Described Himself. at The End Of July 1945, Winston Churchill Was A Defeated Man—hurled From Power By The British People At The End Of The War In Which He Had Just Saved His Country. churchill Defiant Is The Story Of How, When It Seemed Impossible, Churchill Fought His Way Back Over The Next Six Years To The Center Of Great Events—the Only Place He Ever Wanted To Be. In 1951, At Last Prime Minister Once More, He Was Ready To Begin His Dash To Win The Last Prize I Seek: The Enduring Peace That Had Eluded The World After Hitler's Defeat. but Churchill's Battles Were Just Beginning. publishers Weekly it Was The Grandest Of Evenings. On April 4, 1955, The Young Queen Elizabeth Ii Paid Her Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, The Compliment Of Coming To Dine At 10 Downing Street. The Occasion Was Churchill's Retirement From The Pinnacle Of Power After His Second Reign As Prime Minister. Wearing Knee Breeches And The Blue Sash Of The Order Of The Garter, Churchill Saw Her Out Just Before Midnight. He Bowed And Took Her Hand. An Era Seemed To Be Ending, One Generation Giving Way To Another; At Last It Would Be Anthony Eden's Turn. Back Inside, Churchill Sat Gloomily On The Edge Of His Bed. I Don't Believe Anthony Can Do It, He Mused. The Remark Was, In A Way, The Last, Private Whimper From The Man William Manchester Indelibly Called The Last Lion. The Scene, With Its Revealing And Surprising Glimpse Of Churchill Behind The Curtain In His Final Political Chapter, Tells Us Much About The Complexities And Contradictions Of Churchill At The End, And It Closes Barbara Leaming's New Narrative. Lea