The Churchills : in love and war
Record details
- ISBN: 0393062309
- ISBN: 9780393062304
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Physical Description:
xii, 624 pages. 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain under the title The Churchills : a family at the heart of history from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-596) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1650/1750 'thou art a rascal, John Churchill' -- 1850/74 Randolph and Jennie -- 1874/5 the birth of Winston -- 1875/80 a dysfunctional family -- 1880/7 a career thrown away -- 1887/95 Lilian's millions -- 1892/5 Consuelo, the dollar princess -- 1895/9 the unhappy duchess -- 1896/9 looking for trouble -- 1899/1900 national hero! -- 1900/4 the Young Lion -- 1904/7 my darling Clementine -- 1907/8 couples -- 1908/14 the next generation -- 1914/16 a fall from power -- 1917/21 the armistice and after -- 1921/4 black times -- 1921/31 the twenties -- 1932/7 changes at Blenheim -- 1938/9 towards Armageddon -- 1939/40 'but you don't know me' -- 1941/4 the long slog -- 1943/5 weathering the storm -- 1945/51 the aftermath -- 1952/5 a new era -- 1955/63 safe harbour -- 1963/78 crossing the bar. |
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The Churchills : In Love and War
The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the nineteenth century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) and Consuelo Vanderbilt (wife to Winston's cousin). Mary S. Lovell brilliantly recounts the triumphant political and military campaigns, the construction of great houses, the domestic tragedies, and the happy marriage of Winston to Clementine Hosier set against the disastrous unions of most of his family, which ended in venereal disease, papal annulment, clinical depression, and adultery. The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston--recently voted "The Greatest Briton"--dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life.