Review: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow. Took a page out of MW's book to read this one. Thanks, sir. I read Devil in the White City so knew what to expect with Larson's writing style; these are such wonderful reads thanks to his attention to detail and ability to pick out and show the mundane amidst the "splendid and the vile" -- you get glimpses of things like Mary Churchill's sweet naivete and the weird medical contents of Rudolf Hess's crashed plane along with the history. This history goes from around the fall of Paris to around Pearl Harbor with some Epilogue to summarize some of the minor tales.


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