5/23/2023 0 Comments Splendid in the vile![]() 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 brinksmanship but also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country house, Chequers, and his wartime residence, Ditchley, where Churchill and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally-that she was willing to fight to the end. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons (30,000 of them Londoners) and destroying two million homes. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. ![]() On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. ![]() The #1 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. ![]()
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