The splendid and the vile

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1. AaronstotleJan 2023
   I've been a huge fan of Erik Larson's book because he writes non-fiction in a very exciting ways where it doesn't feel like filler.

   The Splendid & the Vile was the most enjoyable book of his imo.

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2. abbadaddaJul 2022
   _The Splendid and The Vile._ My sister recommended it, and it was great on audiobook. I found the stories about Beaverbrook especially interesting. I found the insight fascinating into what Churchill was thinking during the war, how much he leaned on his closest advisors, and how badly some of Hitler's advisors fucked up. I wound up reading (or listening) to it through the lens of how important relationships are in whatever kind of work that we do. Also, in 2021 I read _The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are_ and it was the best book I've read in years.
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3. rkk3May 2022
   The Splendid and the Vile
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4. tracer4201Jan 2021
   The Splendid and the Vile. My favorite non fiction book of 2020.
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5. tracer4201Dec 2020
   The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. This is a factual account of 1940 and 1941 England, told as a day by day or month by month narrative describing Churchill and his close circle as the Germans ramped up their bombing campaign.

   It reads like a thriller, and it taught me so much about the history of the war that I never learned in high school or college.

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6. lloydatkinsonAug 2023
   I think I’ll add that to my list! I am currently reading (well, I ended up trying out Audible so listening now) to The Splendid and the Vile which is another WW2 book that’s quite fascinating.

   https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0008274983/ref=tmm_pap_swat...

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