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

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

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ The author ofÂ The Devil in the White CityÂ andÂ Dead WakeÂ delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz

â€œA bravura performance by one of Americaâ€™s greatest storytellers.â€â€”NPR

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post â€¢ HuffPost â€¢ The Seattle Times â€¢ Lit Hub â€¢ The Week â€¢ PopSugar

On Winston Churchillâ€™s first day as prime minister, Adolf 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, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy allyâ€”and willing to fight to the end.

In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people â€œthe art of being fearless.â€ It is a story of political brinkmanship, but itâ€™s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchillâ€™s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reportsâ€”some released only recentlyâ€”Larson provides a new lens on Londonâ€™s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parentsâ€™ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamelaâ€™s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchillâ€™s â€œSecret Circle,â€ to whom he turns in the hardest moments.
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The Splendid and the VileÂ takes readers out of todayâ€™s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchillâ€™s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
Country USA
Brand Random House Large Print
Manufacturer Random House Large Print
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2020-03-10
UnitCount 1
Format Large Print
EANs 9780593172070

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Large Print
Manufacturer	Random House Large Print
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2020-03-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Large Print
EANs	9780593172070

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

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