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050 0 0 _aDA566.9.C5
_bL326 2020
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100 1 _aLarson, Erik,
_d1954-
_eauthor.
_95398
245 1 4 _aThe splendid and the vile :
_ba saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz /
_cErik Larson.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown,
_c[2020]
300 _axii, 585 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index.
505 0 _tBleak expectations --
_tThe rising threat --
_tA certain eventuality --
_tDread --
_tBlood and dust --
_tThe Americans --
_tLove amid the flames --
_tOne year to the day --
_tEpilogue.
520 _aA 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.
600 1 0 _aChurchill, Winston,
_d1874-1965.
_95399
650 0 _aPrime ministers
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
_95400
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zGreat Britain.
_95401
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zGreat Britain.
_95402
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSocial aspects
_zGreat Britain.
_95403
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK