Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - From the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780349119786, 9780349119786
Brand
Abacus
Author
Mary S. Lovell
Producer
Abacus Software
Weight
490 gr
Pages
640
Year of production
2012
Binding
125x200
There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles", so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers and profligates, heroes and womanisers. The Churchills is a richly layered portrait of an extraordinary set of men and women - grandly ambitious, regularly impecunious, impulsive, arrogant and brave. And towering above the Churchill clan is the figure of Winston - his failures and his triumphs shown in a new and revealing context - ultimately our "greatest Briton".