The Splendid and the Vile

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Erik Larson’s latest work of narrative nonfiction is DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA, which became an immediate New York Times bestseller. His saga of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing, and lingered on various NYT best-seller lists for the better part of a decade. Hulu plans to adapt the book for a limited TV series, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese as executive producers. Erik’s IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, about America’s first ambassador to Nazi Germany and his daughter, has been optioned by Tom Hanks for development as a feature film.

His next book, THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE: A SAGA OF CHURCHILL, FAMILY, AND DEFIANCE DURING THE BLITZ, due out in early spring 2020, is a story of geopolitical brinksmanship during Churchill’s first year as prime minister, but also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country house, Chequers, and his “full-moon home,” Ditchley, where Churchill, his family, and his “Secret Circle” convene when the moon is in its brightest phases and the bombing threat is highest.

Erik is a former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and other publications.

He has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, the University of Oregon, and the Chuckanut Writers Conference, and has spoken to audiences from coast to coast. A former resident of Seattle, he now lives in Manhattan with his wife, a neonatologist and author of the nonfiction memoir, ALMOST HOME, which, as Erik puts it, "could make a stone cry." They have three daughters in far-flung locations and professions.

出版者:Crown Publishing Group
作者:Erik Larson
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页数:585
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出版时间:2020-2-25
价格:USD 39.60
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9780385348713
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On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, 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 (30,000 of them Londoners) and destroying two million homes. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally--that she was willing to fight to the end.

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那段历史太迷人了。Rule Britannia! [Bojo号称视丘吉尔为偶像 - 但凡能学到半点皮毛也不至于这么辣鸡

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第一次听有声书,觉得这本太合适了——既是很平实的历史又有戏剧性,而且朗读得非常好,把丘吉尔轻微的lisping都学出来了。最后附上1941年美国参战后丘吉尔在白宫的演讲录音,也是平时看书不会有的彩蛋。至于内容,历史部分非常浅显(也因此很适合听),有趣的是丘吉尔和他身边的人的性格和日常,以及Blitz的阴影下不懈的生活,这就是标题中的 the splendid

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一边在轰炸,一边在跳舞,英国人那时候是真的坚韧。花了两个晚上看完,文字很平了,没太大惊喜。

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不知道为什么,全是large print,难道读者都是老年人吗?作者功课做到位,当时丘吉尔女儿和秘书日记很给力。大众日记也给力。二战总有些细节令人惊讶。

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类似纪录片的书,通过信件等较可靠的证据,回忆了丘吉尔上任首相一年来生活的点滴。反复出现的主题包括,说服罗斯福参战,对德国的进攻顽固抵抗,女儿Mary天真少女,儿子赌博不靠谱,美丽儿媳Pamela从失落到放弃婚姻开始外遇,好朋友当军事部长反复提辞职,忠心耿耿的保镖,有着参军热血的秘书。是位坚毅伟大有个性的首相。一星扣给有声书,口音太重,每次读Mary的信声音都装得很嗲。

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