The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Churchill's first year as prime minister, told through the Blitz and the family living through it.
Erik Larson covers Churchill’s first year as prime minister, from May 1940 through the Blitz, using diaries and intelligence files to put the reader inside Downing Street and the bombed streets around it. It is as much about his family and staff as about strategy. Arnold Schwarzenegger selected it as his book of the month in March 2021.
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Book of the month: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Newsletter · March 2021
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