The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

585 pages | first published 2020

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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 relentl...
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