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1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER 8226The author
ofThe Devil in the White CityandDead Wakedelivers
anintimate chronicleof Winston Churchill and
London during the Blitz8212aninspiring portrait
of courage and leadership in a time of
unprecedented crisis 8220Onof
Erik Larson8217s best books yet . . .
perfectly timed for the moment.82218212Time82
268220A bravura performance by one of
America8217sgreatest storytellers.82218212NPR
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The
New York Times Book Review 8226Time 8226Vogue
8226NPR 8226ThWashington Post 8226Chicago
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26Bloomberg8226New York Post8226Th New
York Public Library 8226Kirkus
Reviews8226LibraryReads 8226PopMattersOn
Winston Churchill8217sfirst 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
ally8212an willing to fight to the end. In The
Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in
cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the
British people 8220thart of being
fearless.8221It is a story of political
brinkmanship, but it8217salso an intimate
domestic drama, set against the backdrop of
Churchill8217sprime- 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
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Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries,
original archival documents, and once-secret
intelligence reports8212soe released only
recently8212Lason provides a new lens
on London8217sdarkest year through the
day-to-day
experience of Churchill and his family his wife,
Clementine their youngest daughter, Mary, who
chafes against her parents8217wartime
protectiveness their son, Randolph, and his
beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela
Pamela8217sillicit lover, a dashing American
emissary and the advisers in Churchill8217s822
0Seret Circle,8221to whom he turns in the
hardest moments.The Splendid and the
Viletakes readers out of today8217spolitical
dysfunction and back to a time of true
leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting
horror, Churchill8217seloquence, courage, and
perseverance bound a country, and a family,
together.
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The Splendid and the Vile A Saga of Churchill,
Family, and Defiance During the Blitz