The Splendid and the Vile Summary and Study Guide The Splendid and the A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz is a bestselling 2020 work of narrative nonfiction by Erik Larson recounting Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister of Great Britain—a year marked by the Blitz, or Nazi bombing of England. Britain’s top naval official, Churchill is chosen prime minister on May 10, 1940 amid widespread discontent with the current leader, Neville Chamberlain. Parliament revolts against Chamberlain because of his policies of appeasement toward Nazi Germany and a failed British military intervention in German-occupied Norway. Forced to resign, Chamberlain recommends Churchill as his successor, and the king gives his blessing...
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