The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz / Erik Larson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385348713
- ISBN: 0385348711
- Physical Description: xii, 585 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2020]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bleak Expectations -- The Rising Threat -- A Certain Eventuality -- Dread -- Blood and Dust -- The Americans -- Love Amid the Flames -- One Year to the Day -- Epilogue. |
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Genre: | Biographies. Biographies. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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La Conner Regional Library | BIO CHURCHILL | 109043 | BIOGRAPHY | Available | - |
Erik Larson is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, which examines how Winston Churchill and his âSecret Circleâ went about surviving the German air campaign of 1940-41. Larsonâs The Devil in the White City is set to be a Hulu limited series; his In the Garden of Beasts is under option by Tom Hanks for a feature film. He recently published an audio-original ghost story, No One Goes Alone, which has been optioned by Chernin Entertainment, in association with Netflix. His Thunderstruck has been optioned by Sony Pictures Television for a limited TV series. Larson lives in Manhattan with his wife, who is a writer and retired neonatologist; they have three grown daughters.