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Feb 25, 2020 · About the Author. Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, which examines how Winston Churchill and his “Secret Circle” went about surviving the German air campaign of 1940-41.
In The Splendid and the Vile, 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 ...
Mar 2, 2020 · Erik Larson wrote a book about Winston Churchill, the British prime minister whose inspiring speeches led the U.K. through World War II. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) WINSTON CHURCHILL:...
Feb 25, 2020 · In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows 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 ...
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Apr 15, 2020 · In The Splendid and the Vile, Larson turns his pen to Winston Churchill’s harrowing first year as U.K. prime minister during World War II — a period when continental Europe had already been...
Feb 25, 2020 · Feb. 25, 2020. THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE. A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. By Erik Larson. In the winter of 1940, as Germany’s brutal bombing campaign against...
