The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson

dirigibles

stalagmitic

ensconced

supercilious.”

capricious

miasma

pugnacity

epistolary

paean

staid

exchequer.

brevity

fustiness

on the

candor—at

impresario,

ebullient

machicolations

ostensibly

larceny.

compelled

sartorial

minatory

pallor

austerity

assiduous

obstinance.

bellicose

ascetic,

affable.

obstinate

lugubriously,

leavened

scarify,

fusty

depredations

pique,