Temnye vremena - MakKarten Entoni

May 1940, Britain at war. Blitzkrieg led to the fact that one after another Western European countries fall under the influence of Nazism. Winston Churchill just a few days ago became Prime Minister, against him and the king and the party, but only in his hands now the opportunity to change the course of events and give the people new hope.

Anthony McCarten will tell you all about the period between the unexpected appointment to the post of Prime Minister (May 10, 1940) and June 4, 1940, when the fall of France, almost a complete evacuation of the broken British army from Dunkirk. And then Winston Churchill gave one of his most famous speeches. This book is intertwined with vivid images and meticulous documentary research.

"I wanted to explore the working methods, leadership qualities, psychological and mental state of one person in these critical days," McCarten writes. "A man who, with all his poetic soul, believed that words mattered, that they had power and could change the world."