Churchill's Finest Hours: A review of The Splendid and the Vile – Chicago Review of Books

This is history up-close and personal – vivid, immersive and presented with real-time pacing and urgency. Readers tour the rubble of bombed-out cities alongside Churchill, attend tense cabinet meetings or have a seat at the dinner table as the great man holds court, his endless supply of stories and one-liners flowing in lockstep with the champagne and the brandy.

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