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The Churchills : in love and war / Mary S. Lovell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393062304 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xii, 624 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.
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 and index. |
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| Subject: | Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 > Family. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Churchill family. Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography. Great Britain > Biography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 941.0840922 Churc-L | 31681002247393 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Portrays the ambitious, impulsive, brave and arrogant English family that gave the world Winston Churchill, describing generations of ancestors who were recklessly wasteful womanizers but also triumphant military leaders all saddled with the upkeep of the family palace, Blenheim. 50,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Portrays the ambitious, brave, and arrogant English family that gave the world Winston Churchill, describing generations of ancestors who were reckless womanizers but also triumphant military leaders all saddled with the upkeep of the family palace, Blenheim. - Book News
This collective biography of the Churchills spans several generations of this prominent British name and explores the triumphs and tragedies, lives and loves, and fortunes won and lost over more than 300 years of family history. The work discusses each character in turn, examining marriages, careers and especially their relationship to the ancestral home Blenheim, sometimes an anchor of family stability and often a costly albatross around the neck of the Churchill in charge of it. The work includes numerous illustrations and black and white plates. Lovell is a writer of popular biographies. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Norton Pub
The epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill. - WW Norton
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. Winstonârecently voted "The Greatest Briton"âdominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life.
