The Splendid and the Vile

: Churchill, Family and

Defiance During the
Bombing of London
 By
Erik Larson
HarperCollins Publishers
 THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were

injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people
... Larson tells the story of how that feat was accomplished ... Fresh,
fast and deeply moving.' New York Times

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 - in the face of unrelenting horror - a leader of
eloquence, strategic brilliance and perseverance bound a country,
and a family, together.

HarperCollins Publishers

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