{"id":168,"date":"2020-06-23T16:53:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T22:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/?p=168"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:49:26","slug":"the-splendid-and-the-vile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/2020\/06\/23\/the-splendid-and-the-vile\/","title":{"rendered":"The Splendid and the Vile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Check out<\/a> if you’re a closet Anglophile or if the history of World War II fascinates you. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winston Churchill\u2019s time as the Prime Minister of England\nduring World War II is chronicled through the eyes of those who knew him best.\nErik Larson uses diary entries and historical facts to piece together a\ncomprehensive picture of the events of The Blitz as it unfolded for Great\nBritain. The reader also gets a peek into the diaries of some of The Third\nReich\u2019s top-ranking officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found the way Larson tells the story of The Blitz through the\ndocumentation of events and the use of diarists to be illuminating. Churchill\nwas an eccentric and enigmatic man. The doubts that swirled around his\nappointment as Prime Minister and the sentiment of the British people toward\nChurchill and his government are little known facts that aren\u2019t often\ndiscussed. The book also acquaints the reader with personal insights into many\nof the prominent figures surrounding Churchill at the time.
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\nThis book is captivating and expansive about a time in British history that\nwill never be forgotten. The spirit of the British people was never\nextinguished, even though they were up against overwhelming odds. Churchill\u2019s\ntenacity and patriotism saw him through many difficult and sensitive\nsituations. This book left me with no doubt that Churchill was indeed \u201cthe man\nfor the job.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out if you’re a closet Anglophile or if the history of World War II fascinates you. Winston Churchill\u2019s time as the Prime Minister of England during World War II is chronicled through the eyes of those who knew him best. Erik Larson uses diary entries and historical facts to piece together a comprehensive picture of the events of The Blitz as it unfolded for Great Britain. The reader also gets a peek into the diaries of some of The Third Reich\u2019s top-ranking officials. I found the way Larson tells the story of The Blitz through the documentation of events and the use of diarists to be illuminating. Churchill was an eccentric and enigmatic man. The doubts that swirled around his appointment as Prime Minister and the sentiment of the British people toward Churchill and his government are little known facts that aren\u2019t often discussed. The book also acquaints the reader with personal insights into many of the prominent figures surrounding Churchill at the time. This book is captivating and expansive about a time in British history that will never be forgotten. The spirit of the British people was never extinguished, even though they were up against overwhelming odds. Churchill\u2019s tenacity and patriotism saw him through many difficult and sensitive situations. This book left me with no doubt that Churchill was indeed \u201cthe man for the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,25,1000],"tags":[55,414,295,776,401,777,775,753],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-nonfiction","category-reviews","tag-campbell-county-public-library","tag-ccpl","tag-ccpls","tag-erik-larson","tag-nonfiction","tag-the-splendid-and-the-vile","tag-ww2","tag-wwii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1768,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/1768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}