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The Churchills: In Love and War by Mary S. Lovell (CD-Audio, 2011)

The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to hor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruius 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.

Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
1290
Narrator(s)
Anne Flosnik
Author Biography
Mary S. Lovell is the bestselling author of several biographies, including The Sisters, Straight on Till Morning, and The Churchills: In Love and War. Anne Flosnik is an accomplished, multi-award-winning British actress, with lead credits for stage, television, commercials, industrials, voice-overs, and audiobooks. She has garnered three AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for Little Bee by Chris Cleave, and four Audie Award nominations.
Date of Publication
09/05/2011
Subject
Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Edition Statement
Unabridged Edition
Country of Publication
United States

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