Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back From The Brink
by Anthony McCarten /
2017 / English / EPUB
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From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of
From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter ofThe Theory of
Everything
The Theory of
Everything comes a revelatory look at the period
immediately following Winston Churchill’s ascendancy to Prime
Minister—soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary
Oldman.
comes a revelatory look at the period
immediately following Winston Churchill’s ascendancy to Prime
Minister—soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary
Oldman.“He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to
history...”
“He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to
history...”
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.
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?
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 an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the
celebrated Bafta-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of
the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and
re-wrote 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 25 days helped make one
man an icon.
In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of
how an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the
celebrated Bafta-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of
the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and
re-wrote 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 25 days helped make one
man an icon.
Using new archive material, McCarten reveals the crucial
behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history.
It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told.
Using new archive material, McCarten reveals the crucial
behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history.
It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told.“McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the
reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the
world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true
story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively
readable.”
“McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the
reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the
world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true
story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively
readable.”—Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director
of the International Churchill Society
—Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director
of the International Churchill Society
