Union Ave Books and the Friends of the Knox County Public Library welcomes bestselling author Erik Larson back to Knoxville for the release of his new book The Splendid and The Vile. This event will be a bundled book and ticket event held at the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday February, 25th, 2020 at 7pm. Every ticket purchased comes with a hardcover copy of his newest book. Previous titles will be on sale at the theatre day-of. Erik will be speaking about the book and participating in Q&A session following the talk. He will be available to sign and personalize any of his titles after the reading.
Tickets: $38
DESCRIPTION
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz
On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erik Larson is the author of five national bestsellers: Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, Thunderstruck, The Devil in the White City, and Isaac’s Storm, which have collectively sold more than nine million copies. His books have been published in nearly twenty countries.