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The splendid and the vile a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz

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On Winston Churchill's 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...

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Main Author: Larson, Erik, 1954- (Author, Narrator)
Other Authors: Lee, John Rafter (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Penguin Random House, [2020]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
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