The Resource The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson
The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson
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- Summary
- The book reads like a novel, and even though everyone (hopefully) knows how the war ultimately ended, he keeps the reader turning the pages with his gripping prose' NPR A startling, gripping portrait of what it was like to be alive in Britain during the Blitz, and what it was like to be around Churchill. 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, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless.' Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill's own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when â in the face of unrelenting horror â a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9780008274955
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz
- Title
- The splendid and the vile
- Title remainder
- a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Larson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The book reads like a novel, and even though everyone (hopefully) knows how the war ultimately ended, he keeps the reader turning the pages with his gripping prose' NPR A startling, gripping portrait of what it was like to be alive in Britain during the Blitz, and what it was like to be around Churchill. 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, the Nazis would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson gives a new and brilliantly cinematic account of how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless.' Drawing on once-secret intelligence reports and diaries, #1 bestselling author Larson takes readers from the shelled streets of London to Churchill's own chambers, giving a vivid vision of true leadership, when â in the face of unrelenting horror â a leader of eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larson, Erik
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ODN0004966124
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780008274955
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 89E7D9C1-54F0-42DA-8245-5D2ABA69BCB0
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- ODN0004966124
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9780008274955
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 89E7D9C1-54F0-42DA-8245-5D2ABA69BCB0
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