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Billy Summers
Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, 2021..
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER The author ofThe Devil in the White CityandDead Wakedelivers anintimate chronicleof 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.TimeA bravura performance by one of Americas greatest storytellers.NPR. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review Time Vogue NPR The Washington Post Chicago Tribune The Globe Mail Fortune Bloomberg New York PostThe New York Public Library Kirkus Reviews LibraryReads PopMatters. On Winston Churchills first day as prime minister, Adolf 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 his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy allyand willing to fight to the end.. The Splendid and the Viletakes readers out of todays political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchills eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together..