The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz
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xii, 585 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index.
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On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, 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 the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally-and willing to fight to the end. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports-some released only recently-Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the cadre of close advisers who comprised Churchill's "Secret Circle," including his lovestruck private secretary, John Colville; newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook; and the Rasputin-like Frederick Lindemann.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Larson, E. (2020). The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz (First edition.). Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larson, Erik, 1954-. 2020. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larson, Erik, 1954-. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Crown, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Larson, Erik. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz First edition., Crown, 2020.
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