LEWIS BLACK READS "THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE" - 4OTH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS #38

40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS celebrates our 40th Anniversary with the 40 best books about Winston Churchill published during the store's forty year existence. We are toasting these books chronologically with a new video reading by a distinguished guest reader every week.
The series commenced on the exact 40th Anniversary of our opening, April 11, 2023, with actor JOHN LITHGOW reading from "THE LAST LION," by William Manchester.
This week we offer a New Year's toast to "THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE," by ERIK LARSON, one of the biggest-selling books about Winston Churchill to appear during Chartwell Bookseller's lifetime, an eloquent reconstruction of Churchill’s ascent as wartime Prime Minister and the bloody events of the Blitz that followed.
Published in 2020, "THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz" is Book #38 in our '40TH READINGS AT CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS' video series, as read by the incomparable: LEWIS BLACK.
ERIK LARSON is a best-selling American author and journalist whose widely read and admired non-fiction works include "THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America," which won the 2004 Edgar Award; DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania;" and "IN THE GAREDN OF BEASTS: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin."
LEWIS BLACK is one of America's greatest standup comedians and political agitators. He hosted the Comedy Central series "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" and continues to make regular appearances on The Daily Show, delivering his "Back in Black" commentaries. He received a 2007 "Best Comedy Album" Grammy Award for his "The Carnegie Hall Performance," and has headlined numerous sold-out solo marquee runs on Broadway. He serves as an American Civil Liberties Union "Ambassador for Voting Rights."
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