The Churchills : a family portrait / Celia Lee and John Lee
- Bib ID:
- 4802189
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lee, Celia
- Description:
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- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
- viii, 272 p. : ill., geneal. table, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780230618107
- 0230618103
- Summary:
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Winston Churchill is possibly the most famous British leader, but a shroud of mystery still surrounds the Churchill clan. Myths propagated both by Winston's political enemies as well as the family members themselves persist to this day. Here, for the first time, authors John and Celia Lee cut through the rumors and lies and get to the truth about the life of the former Prime Minister and his relationship with his family.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Love at first sight (1873 - 1876)
- An Irish "exile" (1876 -1880)
- A political star is born (1880 - 1882)
- A shooting star burns out (1882 - 1886)
- A happy family again? (1887 - 1889)
- Looking for gold and family matters (1890 - 1893)
- Settling the boys' future (1893 -1894)
- The last journey (1894 - 1895)
- A royal affair : Jennie and the Prince of Wales
- Financial worries and career development (1895 - 1897)
- Financial crisis and a career denied (1898 - 1899)
- Jennie's work on the Anglo-Saxon Review and the hospital ship the Maine during the Boer War (1898 - 1902)
- Brothers in arms : war in South Africa (1899 - 1900)
- Getting on (1900 -1906)
- Brides for two brothers (1907 - 1908)
- Liberal Britain (1909 - 1914)
- A world at war : from the Western Front to Gallipoli (1914 -1915)
- Seeing it through (1914 - 1918)
- Post war Britain (1919 -1929)
- From the 'political wilderness' to Downing Street (1929 - 1940)
- Their finest hour (1940 - 1945)
- The end of it all (1945 - 1965).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family
- Churchill, John Strange Spencer, 1880-1947 -- Family
- Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer Lord, 1849-1895 -- Family
- Churchill, Randolph Spencer Lady, 1854-1921 -- Family
- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography
- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Biography
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lee, John, 1946-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2010
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