Nonfiction Book Discussion

Please join us for a discussion of The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson on Tuesday April 6th at 7:30 p.m.

New York Times bestselling author Larson delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the blitz. 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 would wage 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-and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports-some released only recently-Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill, his family, and the cadre of close advisers who comprised Churchill's "Secret Circle”. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers back to a time of true leadership, when-in the face of unrelenting horror-Churchill's eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

Copies of the book are available on Libby and may also be reserved for curbside pickup at the library.

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