The Iron Book Discussion Group will read the second half of Erik Larson’s The Splendid and the Vile, and finish their discussion of the World War II tale in March.
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BOOK DESCRIPTION: On 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.
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Copies of The Splendid and the Vile can be picked up from the Book Discussion Shelf on our first floor, and it’s available digitally as an ebook (through Overdrive/Libby) and an audiobook (through Overdrive/Libby).
An in-person discussion of The Splendid and the Vile (covering the second half of the book) will be held at the library on Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 PM. No registration is required to attend.
And an online discussion of the book will be held via Zoom on March 14, at 3:00 PM. If you’d like to attend the online discussion, please register through our Event Calendar. Participants will receive an email with the login information for Zoom after registering.
Published on February 16, 2024.
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