{"product_id":"9780593172070","title":"The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLarson, Erik\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRandom House Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • The author of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead Wake\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003cb\u003e“A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e • NPR • \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post • Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail • Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e • Bloomberg • \u003ci\u003eNew York Post • \u003c\/i\u003eThe New York Public Library • \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eLibraryReads \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile\u003c\/i\u003e, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. 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 advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Splendid and the Vile\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.","brand":"Random House Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214600990975,"sku":"9780593172070","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780593172070_s600x595.jpg?v=1775583083","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780593172070","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}