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.
##前几章的内容和电影至暗时刻中差不多,当然电影加工了一些。
评分##“When I look back on the perils which have been overcome, upon the great mountain waves in which the gallant ship has driven, when I remember all that has gone wrong, and remember also all that has gone right, I feel sure we have no need to fear the tempest. Let it roar, and let it rage. We shall come through” - W. Churchill
评分##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
评分##3.5,50页弃,送人当圣诞节礼物了,文风不适合我(而且畅销书排版的字都这么大的吗…?
评分##Very interesting to read. In another testing period of history, the British people teaches me a lesson of courage and faith.
评分##能把历史写得这么好读 真心佩服了。有些章节真的幽默风趣。
评分一边在轰炸,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。
评分##记录丘吉尔和二战的书太多了,这本还能挖出新角度,并且写得如此好看,不容易。 作者从各种书信日记中拼凑出丘吉尔40年临危受命后一整年的英国全景。首相铁打的抗战决心和演讲技能自然是重点,让民众既沉痛直面现实又深受鼓舞。另一关键是他很早认清现实,处心积虑woo罗斯福。英国作为全村最后的希望如此顽强,真的非他不可。 感慨于聚光灯之外几位执行者的重要性--傲娇的Lord Beaverbrook打破常规加速造战斗机,病殃殃的Harry Hopkins促成英美牵线,他们实际改变了战争走向。 希特勒副手Hess孤身飞入英国太神了,为Führer忠诚奉献到失了智,这段真有意思。 通篇回顾,狂轰乱炸下英国人的生活并未停滞。年轻人还在恋爱,夜店依旧欢歌。无论夜幕如何残酷,天亮后万物生长,可谓奇迹般的韧性。
评分##take me forever to march through this book
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