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Author
Larson, Erik, 1954- author, narrator. Lee, John, author.
Pub Date:
2020
Call No.
940.5421 LAR
Format
Audio disc
Summary
A saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz.
ISBN
9780593167168
UPC
9780593167168
Author
Larson, Erik, 1954- author.
Pub Date:
2020
Call No.
CHURCHILL
Format
Books
Summary
In this "portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz, ... Larson shows ... how Churchill taught the British people 'the art of being fearless.' It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home Chequers; his wartime retreat Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports, ... Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family"--
ISBN
9780385348713
Author
Larson, Erik, 1954- author.
Pub Date:
2020
Call No.
CHURCHILL
Format
Large print
Summary
"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, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally-and willing to fight to the end ... Larson shows ... how Churchill taught the British people 'the art of being fearless.' It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports--some released only recently--Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family"--
ISBN
9780593172070
Author
Larson, Erik
Pub Date
20240430
Pub Date:
2024
Call No.
813.54
Format
Large print
Summary
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.
ISBN
9780593861837
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