Dark times. As a speech said by one prime minister, she was able to save millions of lives

May 1940, Great Britain at war. Blitzkrieg led to the fact that one after another Western European countries fall under the influence of Nazism. Winston Churchill only a few days ago became the Prime Minister, both the king and the party are configured against him, but only in his hands now the opportunity to change the course of events and give the people a new hope.
Anthony Mccarten will tell you everything about the period between the unexpected appointment of the Prime Minister (May 10, 1940) and June 4, 1940, when France fell, almost complete evacuation of the broken British army from Dunkerka. And then Winston Churchill uttered one of his most famous speeches. In this book, bright images and thorough documentary studies are intertwined.
"I wanted to study the methods of work, leadership qualities, the psychological and mental state of one person on these critical days, - writes Mccarten. “A man who, with his whole poetic soul, believed that words are important, that they have power and are able to change the world.”