The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the Blitz
Record details
- ISBN: 0385348711
- ISBN: 9780385348713
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Physical Description:
xii, 585 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, 2020.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-554) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bleak expectations --Part 1. The rising threat, May-June, 1940. The coroner departs ; A night at the Savoy ; London and Washington ; Galvinized ; Moondread ; Goring ; Sufficient bliss ; The first bombs ; Mirror image ; Apparition --Pt. 2. A certain eventuality, June-August, 1940. The mystery of Swan Castle ; The ghosts of dull people ; Scarification ; "This queer and deadly game" ; London and Berlin ; The red warning ; "Tofrek!" ; Resignation No. 1 ; Force H ; Berlin ; Champagne and Garbo ; Have we sunk so low? ; What's in a name? ; The tyrant's appeal ; The prof's surprise ; White gloves at dawn ; Directive No. 17 ; "Oh, moon, lovely moon" --Pt. 3. Dread, August-September, 1940 . Eagle Day ; Perplexity ; Goring ; The bomber in the pasture ; Berlin ; Ol' Man River ; Berlin ; Teatime ; The lost bombers ; Berlin ; Ah, youth! ; Berlin and Washington ; He is coming ; Ominous doings ; Cap Blanc-Nez --Pt. 4. Blood and dust, September-December, 1940. On a quiet blue day ; Unpredictable magic ; Sleep ; Terms of imprisonment ; Berlin ; Fear ; Hess ; Sanctuary ; Berlin ; Target Churchill ; Spendthrift ; Washington and Berlin ; The frog speech ; The Ovipositor ; Our special source ; A Coventry farewell ; Distraction ; Special delivery ; Directive ; That silly old dollar sign ; A toad at the gate ; Weihnachten ; Rumors ; Christmas ; Egglayer ; Auld lang syne --Pt. 5. The Americans, January-March, 1941. Secrets ; The eleven-thirty special ; To Scapa Flow ; "Whither thou goest" ; Directive No. 23 ; The coming violence ; London, Washington, and Berlin ; Saturday night ; The tall man with a smile ; Snakehips ; Bayonet quadrille ; The gambler ; A treat for Clementine ; Men --Pt. 6. Love amid the flames, April-May, 1941. Grave news ; Scorn ; That night at the Dorchester ; The white cliffs ; Berlin ; This scowling valley ; Gloom ; Eric ; Le coeur dit ; Of panzers and pansies ; Le coeur encore ; Moonrise --Pt. 7. One year to the day, May 10, 1941. A beam named Anton ; Interloper ; The cruelest raid ; A surprise for Hitler ; Blood, sweat, and tears ; A weekend at Chequers -- Epilogue: As time went by. |
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