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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchhill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson

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 Pr

Publisher

Crown, an imprint of Random House

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780385348713