埃里克·拉森（Erik Larson） 美国作家、记者，生于1954年。被《芝加哥太阳报》称为“有小说家灵魂的历史学家”。曾为《时代杂志》《纽约客》《大西洋月刊》等知名媒体撰稿。 代表作包括《白城恶魔》《至此一年》《无线追凶》，在近二十个国家出版，均受到读者好评，英文版销量超过一千万册。其中，《白城恶魔》获美国国家图书奖提名，并于2004年获爱伦·坡奖最佳犯罪实录奖。

On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, 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 (30,000 of them Londoners) and destroying two million homes. It was up to Churchill to hold th...(展开全部)