Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz
Erik Larson’s 2020 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz, brings an astoundingly informative and entertaining focus on Winston Churchill’s first year or so in office, which began on May 10, 1940. The book concludes with events surrounding Japan’s December 7, 1941, bombing of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor;…
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