Three volumes. The memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. These writings detail his life and the events throughout the Second World War. Volume I The Gathering Storm. First Edition (First New Edition) Covers the period from Peace at its Zenith 1922-1931 to Naval losses in the Norwegian campaign April-June 1940. With fourteen illustrations. Volume II Their Finest Hour. First edition, 1949. Covers the period from the National coalition to desert victory and ocean peril. With twenty illustrations, three of which are on folding plates. Collated complete. Volume III The Grand Alliance. First Edition Covers the period from the widening war to Anglo-American accords. With twenty-four illustrations, three of which are on folding plates. Collated complete