Darkest hour
Subtitle: how Churchill brought England back from the brink
By: Anthony McCarten
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780062790767
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Politics and government; World War, 1939-1945; Large type books; Prime ministers; Biography; History
Description: "May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror--as well as a skeptical king, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people? In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how a sometimes uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated BAFTA-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how Churchill practiced and rewrote his key speeches, from 'Blood, toil, tears and sweat' to 'We shall fight on the beaches'; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how twenty-five days helped make one man an icon"--Back cover.
Notes: "Larger print"--Page 4 of Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-376).
Table of contents: title: A house divided; title: The social wastrel; title: A leader falls; title: The holy fox; title: The great "dictator"; title: Blood, toil, tears and sweat; title: The worsening situation; title: Fear, doubts and pressures from within; title: Cabinet crisis and leadership; title: "Fight on the beaches"; title: Epilogue: If the truth be told.