Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought us Back from the Brink
Autor Anthony McCartenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 sep 2017
May, 1940. Britain is at war, European democracies are falling rapidly and the public are unaware of this dangerous new world. Just days after his unlikely succession to Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, faces this horror - and a sceptical King and a party plotting against him. He wonders how he can capture the public mood and does so, magnificently, before leading the country to victory.
It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched, gripping day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative. In doing so he revises the familiar view of Churchill - he made himself into the iconic figure we remember and changed the course of history, but through those turbulent and dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt, and even explored a peace treaty with Nazi Germany. It's a scarier, and more human story, than has ever been told.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241327104
ISBN-10: 0241327105
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241327105
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Anthony
McCartenis
a
BAFTA-winning
writer
who
divides
his
time
between
London,
Los
Angeles
and
Munich.
His
screenplay
forThe
Theory
of
Everythingwhich
he
wrote
and
produced
won
a
BAFTA
and
was
nominated
for
an
Oscar.
He
wrote
the
screenplay
for
the
Oscar-nominatedBohemian
Rhapsodyand
his
previous
book,Darkest
Hour,
was
aSunday
TimesNumber
One
bestseller.
Recenzii
I
learned
things
from
the
script
I
didn't
know.
I
just
thought,
"Can
that
be
right?
Were
we
that
perilously
close?"
And
so
it
just
grabbed
me.
This is history written with the verve of a novel.Compelling and provocative
Pacy, refreshing, intimate and clear-eyed
Impeccably researched, provocative and absolutely thrilling. I couldn't put it down.
Engrossing... a bold and hugely readable story about doubts, decision and the power of words that vividly conveys the man and the moment.
Darkest Hourhas the panache, pace, wit and authenticity of its place and time...a concise and convincing distillation of the events of May 1940.
It is quite simply brilliantly well done. Gary Oldman's performance is nothing short of a masterpiece and Kristin Scott Thomas is remarkable. At one moment in the film I closed my eyes and I thought it was my grandmother speaking. It is also extremely moving - what my mother used to call a "two-handkerchief film"
Stands alongside any of the great studies of Churchill
McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable,Darkest Hourisa true story thrillingly told
This is history written with the verve of a novel.Compelling and provocative
Pacy, refreshing, intimate and clear-eyed
Impeccably researched, provocative and absolutely thrilling. I couldn't put it down.
Engrossing... a bold and hugely readable story about doubts, decision and the power of words that vividly conveys the man and the moment.
Darkest Hourhas the panache, pace, wit and authenticity of its place and time...a concise and convincing distillation of the events of May 1940.
It is quite simply brilliantly well done. Gary Oldman's performance is nothing short of a masterpiece and Kristin Scott Thomas is remarkable. At one moment in the film I closed my eyes and I thought it was my grandmother speaking. It is also extremely moving - what my mother used to call a "two-handkerchief film"
Stands alongside any of the great studies of Churchill
McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable,Darkest Hourisa true story thrillingly told
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“He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to history.”
May 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away.
Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror—as well as a skeptical king, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people?
In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how a sometimes uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated BAFTA-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how Churchill practiced and rewrote his key speeches, from “Blood, toil, tears, and sweat” to “We shall fight on the beaches”; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how twenty-five days helped make one man an icon.
Using new archive material, McCarten explores the crucial behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history. It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told.
May 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one Western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away.
Just days after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror—as well as a skeptical king, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people?
In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how a sometimes uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated BAFTA-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how Churchill practiced and rewrote his key speeches, from “Blood, toil, tears, and sweat” to “We shall fight on the beaches”; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how twenty-five days helped make one man an icon.
Using new archive material, McCarten explores the crucial behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history. It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told.