TY - BOOK AU - Larson,Erik TI - The splendid and the vile: a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz SN - 9780385348713 AV - DA566.9.C5 L326 2020 U1 - 940.54/2121 23 PY - 2020///] CY - New York PB - Crown KW - Churchill, Winston, KW - Prime ministers KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index; Bleak expectations --; The rising threat --; A certain eventuality --; Dread --; Blood and dust --; The Americans --; Love amid the flames --; One year to the day --; Epilogue N2 - A portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. This shows in cinematic detail how Churchill taught the British people the art of being fearless ER -