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McCarten, Anthony,
author.
The darkest hour :
how Churchill brought England back from the brink /
Anthony McCarten.
First edition.
New York :
Harper,
2017.
xii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations ;
20 cm.
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Incldues bibliographical references and index.
A house divided -- The social wastrel -- A leader falls -- The holy fox -- The great "dictator" -- Blood, toil, tears and sweat -- The worsening situation -- Fear, doubts and pressures from within -- Cabinet crisis and leadership -- "Fight on the beaches" -- Epilogue: If the truth be told.
Presents an account of the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister and how he met the challenges of the Blitzkrieg.
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CPDC522.
Churchill, Winston
1874-1965.
Prime ministers
Great Britain
Biography.
World War, 1939-1945
England.
Great Britain
History
1936-1945.
Great Britain
Politics and government
1936-1945.