McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1968.  Hard cover, 192 pages including Index.  Very good; red cloth with embossed lion on front board, gilt lettering on spine.  Light edge, corner and spine end wear; binding sound with headbands.  Price-clipped dust jacket shows edge and cover wear, some edge tears, wear at corners and spine ends, some creases.  Book interior clean and unmarked; colour illustrations by Robert MacLean.  Includes Alfred the Great, King Harold, William the Conqueror, Henry Plantagenet, Thomas Becket, Richard – Coeur de Lion, Henry V, Joan of Arc, Henry VIII, Good Queen Bess, George Washington, Horatio Nelson, Duke of Wellington, Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Queen Victoria.  ‘And because these are his favourite heroes (and heroines) he writes about them with particular warmth and understanding.  He brings us not only the life story of each individual, but the whole rich sweep of history.  Also included is a profile of Churchill himself, compiled from his speeches and memoirs.’ (from flaps)