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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 large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 1015 pages (large print) : map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Churchill, Winston,--1874-1965.
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.
Large type books.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references 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.

Summary:

Draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England.

ISBN:

0593172078
9780593172070

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1129180345

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