The Splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during The Blitz
(CD Audiobook)
New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and The Devil in the White City delivers a startlingly fresh portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill'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 ally 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 "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill'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 reports--some released only recently--Larson provides a new lens on London'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 parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill's "Secret Circle," to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers back to a time of leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill's eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965 -- Family.
Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965.
London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1941.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Notes
Larson, E., & Lee, J. (. o. a. (2020). The Splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during The Blitz. [New York], Penguin Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Larson, Erik, 1954- and John (Narrator of audiobooks), Lee. 2020. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During The Blitz. [New York], Penguin Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Larson, Erik, 1954- and John (Narrator of audiobooks), Lee, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During The Blitz. [New York], Penguin Random House, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Larson, Erik and John (Narrator of audiobooks) Lee. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During The Blitz. [New York], Penguin Random House, 2020.
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