Warren and Bill

Anthony McCarten

Harpercollins

[Read by John Lee] From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to prime minister -- soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman.May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to prime minister, the horrors of blitzkrieg witness one Western European democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away.It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book. A day-by-day -- and often hour-by-hour -- narrative of this crucial moment in history provides a revisionist look at Churchill, a man plagued by doubt through those turbulent weeks but who emerged having made himself into the iconic, lionized figure we remember.

Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio

From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill s ascendancy to Prime Minister soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. 
May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to Prime Minister, the horrors of Blitzkreig witness one western European Democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away.
It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book, The Darkest Hour. A day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative of this crucial moment in history provides a revisionist look at Churchill a man plagued by doubt through those turbulent weeks but who emerged having made himself into the iconic, lionized figure we remember.

Spinners

Used but never read, in excellent condition. All pages intact and absolutely no marks or creases on the cover

Vintage

The English Harem

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Death of a Superhero

Random House, New Zealand

Going Zero

Diogenes-Verlag

Занулення

Vivat

Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back from the Brink (Chinese Edition)

Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Czas mroku. Jak Churchill zawrocil swiat znad krawedzi

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Marginesy

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