| Description |
814 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm |
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Translation of: The Splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz. |
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Added title page in English. |
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First published in English, in February 2020. |
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"Perevodchik A. Kapanadze"-- Title page verso. |
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"Переводчик А. Капанадзе"-- Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally--and willing to fight to the end. Erik Larson shows how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship and domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports--some released only recently--Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill's "Secret Circle," who he turns to in the hardest moments." -- edited synopsis from goodreads.com |
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"В 1940 году Адольф Гитлер вторгся в Голландию и Бельгию, пали Польша и Чехословакия, а до эвакуации войск с побережья Франции оставалось всего две недели. Жители Лондона и окрестностей со дня на день ожидали вторжения немецких войск с моря и с воздуха, а впереди была Битва за Британию -- изматывающее противостояние с силами люфтваффе. В это сложное для страны время Уинстон Черчилль занял пост премьер-министра Великобритании, чтобы продемонстрировать всему миру, что такое истинное политическое лидерство. В своей книге Эрик Ларсон описывает повседневную жизнь Черчилля, его семьи и обычных горожан в самый мрачный год в истории Лондона XX века, основываясь на дневниках, архивных документах и рассекреченных докладах разведки, некоторые из которых стали доступны историкам совсем недавно. ±Страх и надежда¬ -- это увлекательный рассказ о том, как красноречие и упорство великого государственного деятеля объединило нацию перед натиском неумолимого ужаса." -- title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 765-772). |
| Language |
In Russian. |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. (OCoLC)fst01716876
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Prime ministers. (OCoLC)fst01076416
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Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01354981
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Added Author |
Kapanadze, Alekseĭ, translator.
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Капанадзе, Алексей, translator. |
| Added Title |
Splendid and the vile. Russian
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| ISBN |
9785961473902 (hardcover) |
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5961473902 (hardcover) |
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