https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=AUCN%3A%20(LARSON%20%2B%20ERIK%20%2B%201954)&QRYTEXT=Author%3A%20Larson%2C%20Erik%2C%201954-%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5679389&CF=BIB On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fuelled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fuelled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Larson, Erik, 1954-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2024.<br />608 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 973.7 - On order<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4975755&CF=BIB 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 down to Churchill to hold the country together - and to manage the war. In 'The Splendid and the Vile', Erik Larson gives a brilliant account with cinematic detail, showing how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless'. 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 down to Churchill to hold the country together - and to manage the war. In 'The Splendid and the Vile', Erik Larson gives a brilliant account with cinematic detail, showing how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless'.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Larson, Erik, 1954-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2021.<br />xiv, 585 pages : illustration (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 941.084 - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - 95000000021595<br />Patcham Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 941.084 - Available - 95000000025052<br />Portslade Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 941.084 - Available - 95000000024637<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4767660&CF=BIB 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 down to Churchill to hold the country together - and to manage the war. In 'The Splendid and the Vile', Erik Larson gives a brilliant account with cinematic detail, showing how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless'. 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 down to Churchill to hold the country together - and to manage the war. In 'The Splendid and the Vile', Erik Larson gives a brilliant account with cinematic detail, showing how Britain's most iconic leader set about unifying the nation at its most vulnerable moment, and teaching 'the art of being fearless'.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Larson, Erik, 1954-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2020.<br />xii, 585 pages : illustration (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 940.5421 - Available - 04512908<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 940.5421 - Available - 04513096<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3724328&CF=BIB Full of glamour, mystery, and real-life suspense, 'Dead Wake' captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war. Full of glamour, mystery, and real-life suspense, 'Dead Wake' captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster that helped place America on the road to war.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Larson, Erik, 1954-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Doubleday, 2015.<br />430 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 940.4514 - Available - 04285561<br />