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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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Author:
Erik Larson
Publisher:
Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Date:
February 25, 2020
Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports, Larson provides a new lens on Londonâs darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family.
What The Reviewers Say
Through the remarkably skillful use of intimate diaries as well as public documents, some newly released, Larson has transformed the well-known record of 12 turbulent months, stretching from May of 1940 through May of 1941, into a book that is fresh, fast and deeply moving.
There are countless books about World War II, but there's only one Erik Larson.
...spectacular.
... fascinating and accessible.
