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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz

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By (author): Erik Larson

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

''''Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people ... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ... Fresh, fast and deeply moving.'''' New York Times

A STARTLING, GRIPPING PORTRAIT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ALIVE IN BRITAIN DURING THE BLITZ, AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AROUND CHURCHILL.

On Winston Churchill''''s first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes.

In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain''''s most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching ''''the art of being fearless.''''

Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill''''s own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when - in the face of unrelenting horror - a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

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Product Details
  • Format: Hardback
  • Weight: 900g
  • Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2020
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • ISBN13: 9780008274948

About Erik Larson

Erik Larson is the author of five bestsellers including The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of Beasts which have collectively sold more than 6.5 million copies. His books have been published in seventeen countries.

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