The Splendid and the Vile by Eric Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Eric Larson Hardcover, 624 Pages. Publisher: Crown Book Synopsis: 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 President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. Genres: History. Nonfiction. Biography. World War II. War. Book Club. Historical. Politics. British Literature. Fast shipping. Send bundle offers.