Nilufer Ozmekik's Reviews > The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

This is splendid, intense, emotional, perfectly crafted and so far one of the best nonfictions I’ve read.
The author’s fantastic talented writing hooks you from the beginning and you see so many similarities about the portrait of Churchill has been adapted into Joe Wright’s movie Darkest Hour which has been brought Gary Oldman an Oscar statuette.

We learned so much about Battle of Britain and how British folks’ destiny has been sealed by a powerful and fearless leader’s smart tactics and powerful political moves. It was like a high tension fast forwarded chess game but unfortunately not only the pawns at risk, the entire country’s faith has been depended on great mind’s risky but also determined actions.

Especially reading the negotiation parts between Churchill and Roosevelt was illuminating and informative.

I also enjoy Churchill’s intimate relationship with his family members, his adorable cat, his eccentric, quirky nature. Clementine was not only his wife but also another greatest mind and strategist to help him look at the facts from other perspectives and of his daughter Mary was joyful, lovely character takes our minds from the war strategies and remind us the beauty of being young and hopeful.

Overall: it’s informative, phenomenal, action packed, controversial, breath-taking reading with its well crafted and perfectly portrayed characters that highly recommend to all readers who know the real taste of amazing writing.

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