The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Literary Fiction At the end of the

At the end of the Second World War

the greatest wartime presidents successfully leaven military action with moral concerns

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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Literary Fiction At the end of the#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitzan inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis One of [Erik Larsons] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment. Time A bravura performance by one of Americas greatest storytellers.NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times