Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson antiquarian Have you dreamt of marrying

Have you dreamt of marrying him

because the humour and compassion of that mind reach out to us all

and financial intrigue

and how it almost cost him his sanity

Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson antiquarian Have you dreamt of marryingOn Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf 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. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally and willing to fight to the end. In