{"product_id":"darkest-hour","title":"Darkest Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Theory of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to history....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944131002599,"sku":"9780062749529","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a52bec08-6d57-4bc8-bd27-f19ba9fcc309.jpg?v=1775353391","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/darkest-hour","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}