Large Print Book
The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz / Erik Larson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593172070
- ISBN: 0593172078
- Physical Description: xiii, 1015 pages (large print) : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-943) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Bleak expectations -- The rising threat -- A certain eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and dust -- The Americans -- Love amid the flames -- One year to the day -- Epilogue. As time went by. |
| Summary, etc.: | Draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England. |
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| Genre: | Large type books. Biographies. |
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Author Notes
The Splendid and the Vile : A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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. Larson's The Devil in the White City is set to be a Hulu limited series; his In the Garden of Beasts is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. He recently published an audio-original ghost story, No One Goes Alone , which has been optioned by Chernin Entertainment, in association with Netflix. His Thunderstruck has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for a limited TV series. Larson lives in Manhattan with his wife, who is a writer and retired neonatologist; they have three grown daughters.
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