Winston Churchill and The Last Great Hope of Civilization
A sweeping tale of Winston Churchill and his family during the worst moments of World War II beginning with the Blitz of London in 1940. Erik Larson's, "The Splendid and the Vile", covers the most poignant moments of the war and focuses on the intense pressures Churchill faced in leading the British people. Essential to Britain's success was American participation and eventual entry into the War which came about with Japan's fateful attack on Pearl Harbor. Pamela Churchill's romance with Averell Harriman takes center stage as a major family drama.
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz,
by Erik Larson (Feb, 2020 - 608pp)
A gripping, suspenseful chronology of the life of Winston Churchill and his family during the climactic years of the blitz, when so much was at stake and so much was uncertain. Churchill's first year as Prime Minister involved decisions that affected all of Europe and Western Civilization.