The Resource The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson, (Large Print)
The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson, (Large Print)
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The item The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson, (Large Print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
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- Draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England
- 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 waged 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, willing to fight to the end. Larson shows how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." -- adapted from back cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 1015 pages
- Contents
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- Bleak expectations
- The rising threat
- A certain eventuality
- Dread
- Blood and dust
- The Americans
- Love amid the flames
- One year to the day
- Epilogue. As time went by
- Isbn
- 9780593172070
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz
- Title
- The splendid and the vile
- Title remainder
- a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Larson
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Great Britain
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Large type books
- Military campaigns
- Prime ministers
- 1939-1945
- Social aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
- Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Draws on personal diaries, archival documents and declassified intelligence in a portrait of Winston Churchill that explores his day-to-day experiences during the Blitz and his role in uniting England
- 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 waged 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, willing to fight to the end. Larson shows how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." -- adapted from back cover
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Larson, Erik
- Dewey number
- 940.54/2121
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Churchill, Winston
- Prime ministers
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Large type books
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- Churchill, Winston
- Military campaigns
- Prime ministers
- Social aspects
- Great Britain
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson, (Large Print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-943) and index
- Contents
- Bleak expectations -- The rising threat -- A certain eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and dust -- The Americans -- Love amid the flames -- One year to the day -- Epilogue. As time went by
- Control code
- on1129180345
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 1015 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593172070
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1129180345
- Label
- The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz, Erik Larson, (Large Print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-943) and index
- Contents
- Bleak expectations -- The rising threat -- A certain eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and dust -- The Americans -- Love amid the flames -- One year to the day -- Epilogue. As time went by
- Control code
- on1129180345
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First large print edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 1015 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780593172070
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1129180345
Subject
- Biographies
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
- Great Britain
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Large type books
- Military campaigns
- Prime ministers
- 1939-1945
- Social aspects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
- Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
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