In this "portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz,... Larson shows... how Churchill taught the British people 'the art of being fearless.' It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate 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,... Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family"--
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