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The Splendid and the Vile

by Erik Larson

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Bill Gates
Bill Gates

Co-founder of Microsoft

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Sometimes history books end up feeling more relevant than their authors could have imagined. That’s the case with this brilliant account of the years 1940 and 1941, when English citizens spent almost every night huddled in basements and Tube stations as Germany tried to bomb them into submission.
A great addition to the literature focused on that [World War II] tragic period.
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz
Keith Rabois
Keith Rabois

General Partner at Founders Fund

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Experience the thrilling story of how Winston Churchill led Britain through one of its darkest years during World War II.
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