Loading images...
Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink, by Anthony McCarten
€9.00

Quay Books
“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 sceptical 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 an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and re-wrote 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 25 days helped make one man an icon.
Using new archive material, McCarten reveals 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.
“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. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable.” - Michael F. Bishop, International Churchill Society
More from Quay Books Browse Quay Books All
The Complete Novels of James Joyce, by James Joyce
€8.00
€25.00
68% off
Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West, by Christopher Knowlton
€8.00
€16.00
50% off
These Also. An Anthology, arranged by M.M.Johnson. With an Introduction by Walter de la Mare.
€10.00
Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide, by Stuart Hood & Litza Jansz
€5.00
€10.00
50% off
Impure Thoughts: Sexuality, Catholicism and Literature in Twentieth-century Ireland, by Michael G. Cronin
€10.00
€80.00
87% off
In the Meridian of the Heart: Selected Letters of Rico Lebrun, by Rico Lebrun, Edited by James Renner & David Lebrun
€7.00
€25.00
72% off
The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself, by Sean Carroll
€7.00
€18.00
61% off
With Christ in Service: Jesuit Lives Through the Ages, by Patrick Carberry SJ
€5.00
€21.00
76% off