Six Minutes in May
Descriere
London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction.
It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare moves from Britain’s disastrous battle in Norway, for which many blamed Churchill, on to the dramatic developments in Westminster that led to Churchill becoming Prime Minister. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving into the key players’ backgrounds, Shakespeare gives us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history.
Despre autor
Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare, FRSL, este un romancier, biograf, prezentator și jurnalist britanic. A fost descris de Wall Street Journal ca „unul dintre cei mai buni romancieri englezi ai timpului nostru”. A scris biografii despre Bruce Chatwin, Ian Fleming și mătușa sa în „Priscilla: Viața ascunsă a unei femei engleze în Franța în timpul războiului”.
