Erik Larson is the author of five national bestsellers: Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac's Storm, which have collectively sold more than nine million copies. His books have been published in nearly twenty countries.
"The kind of page-turner you always want in a history book but rarely get . . . Larson gives the reader a 'you are there' sense of the intensity of Churchill's work with his team on life-and-death challenges--and solving them at a pace I found to be mind-blowing."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes
"Published in the midst of one of the greatest international
crises since World War II, Larson's new book tells the story of
London facing the Blitz during that war through the characters of
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, members of his family and
his various advisers. Readers are left with an indelible portrait
of a nation coming together to face a brutal assault from German
bombs under leadership that is wise, empathetic and strategic--not
to mention highly witty and charming."--Time "Erik Larson, in
his suspenseful new book, The Splendid and the Vile, captures the
foreboding that settled on London leading up to the bombardment, as
well as Churchill's determination not to give in. . . . Plus, there
is Larson's reliable, cinematic writing and his intimate portrayal
of Churchill."--The New Yorker "An enthralling
page-turner."--O: The Oprah Magazine "A damn good story.
There are narrative arcs, heroes, villains, and suspense aplenty to
craft the kind of rich, immersive histories that have become
Larson's trademark."--Rolling Stone "This is Erik Larson's moment.
His affecting and affectionate chronicle of the Churchill family
during the Blitz, the Nazi World War II bombing campaign against
Great Britain, has found a hungry audience in the United
States."--The Boston Globe
"Through the remarkably skillful use of intimate diaries as well as
public documents, some newly released, Larson has transformed the
well-known record of 12 turbulent months, stretching from May of
1940 through May of 1941, into a book that is fresh, fast and
deeply moving."--Candice Millard, The New York Times Book
Review "Larson's book offers a delicious slice of life of the
world's last great statesman." --The Wall Street Journal
"Fascinating . . . The entire book comes at the reader with
breakneck speed. So much happened so quickly in those 12 months,
yet Larson deftly weaves all the strands of his tale into a
coherent and compelling whole."--Minneapolis Star Tribune "I
have an early copy of this book on my desk and idly began reading
the first pages--and suddenly time disappeared."--The Seattle
Times "Still, it is a time of sadness, fear, grief and uncertainty
for so many, and I find myself comforted by reading about other
supremely challenging times in human history, and about resilience,
and hope. For this, there is no better book right now than The
Splendid and the Vile."--Mackenzie Dawson, New York Post
"Nonfiction king Erik Larson is back."--PopSugar "Spectacular
. . . Larson, as America's most compelling popular historian, is at
his best in this fast-moving, immensely readable, and even
warmhearted account of the battle to save Britain."--The
Christian Science Monitor What sets [Larson's] work apart is
his signature way of using painstaking research through personal
journals and historical records to spin a gripping nonfiction tale
through the ordinary lives of the men and women who succeeded,
failed, and perished as a result."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The
Splendid and the Vile delivers the great saga with a novelist's
touch. It's like you're watching and hearing the days and nights of
1940 as a passenger on a double-decker London bus."--Chris
Matthews, Churchill Bulletin
"The popular historian Erik Larson has done it again. As I read
this book, I kept wondering what the swelling of powerful emotion
was that I felt, sometimes in an almost physical sense."--Andrew
Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny, in
Air Mail "A propulsive, character-driven account of Winston
Churchill's first year as British prime minister . . . Readers will
rejoice."--Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
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