"Chartwell" Edition. Publishers navy cloth with gilt title and gilt lineal border. Morocco gilt titles, gilt bands, gilt panels, gilt volume number to spine. Colour top-page blocks. Volume I. The Birth of Britain. xxviii, 458 pages. 24 full-page plates. 8 maps, 3 tables. Volume II. The New World. xi, 344 pages. 24 full-page plates. 4 maps, 1 table. Volume III. The Age of Revolution. xix, 360 pages. 24 full-page plates. 18 maps, 1 table. Volume IV. The Great Democracies. xvi, 352 pages. 24 full-page plates. 13 maps. "Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations, the British Empire and the United States was begun during his 'Wilderness Years' in the early 1930's, but not completed until after his retirement from the political stage in the late 1950's. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the 'Special Relationship', For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty to the human race." Shipped and insured [courier liability] with DHL Express. N.B. Remote Areas and Island Destinations incur an additional shipping costs of €19.50 levied by the Courier company. Please do not bid unless you are prepared to make this payment should it apply to your address otherwise books cannot ship.