THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE AWARD-WINNING MOTION PICTURE STARRING GARY OLDMANFrom the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything this is a cinematic behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the world's greatest leaders
- & provides a revisionist more rounded portrait of his leadership May 1940 Britain is at war European democracies are falling rapidly & the public are unaware of this dangerous new world Just days after his unlikely succession to Prime Minister Winston Churchill faces this horror
- & a sceptical King & a party plotting against him He wonders how he can capture the public mood & does so magnificently before leading the country to victory It is this fascinating period that Anthony Mc Carten 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 & changed the course of history but through those turbulent & dangerous weeks he was plagued by doubt & even explored a peace treaty with Nazi Germany It's a scarier & more human story than has ever been told