{"product_id":"2940170268931","title":"Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Theory of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Ministeramp;mdash;soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to Prime Minister, the horrors of Blitzkreig witness one western European Democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book, \u003cem\u003eThe Darkest Hour\u003c\/em\u003e. A day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative of this crucial moment in history provides a revisionist look at Churchillamp;mdash;a man plagued by doubt through those turbulent weeksamp;mdash;but who emerged having made himself into the iconic, lionized figure we remember. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115080859888,"sku":"2940170268931","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170268931_p0.jpg?v=1769904347","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170268931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}