Format:
Book
Author:
Larson, Erik, 1954- author.
Title:
The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz / Erik Larson.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Crown, [2020]
Description:
xii, 585 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm
Summary:
In this "portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz, ... Larson shows ... 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, ... Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other Title:
Saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz
Splendid & the vile
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index.
Contents:
Bleak expectations -- The rising threat -- A certain eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and dust -- The Americans -- Love amid the flames -- One year to the day -- Epilogue: as time went by.
LCCN:
2019045028
ISBN:
9780385348713
* 9780385348720
Other Number:
1125275396
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
353819
Call Number:
941.084 LARSO 2020
Course Reserves:
0
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2
# System items in:
2