Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group |
Publication Year |
2012 |
ISBN-13 |
9780349119786 |
ISBN-10 |
9780349119786 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
640 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Weight (grms) |
500 |
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
Mary S. Lovell
Mary Lovell is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She is the author of seven previous biographies including the bestselling THE MITFORD GIRLS
Mary S. Lovell
Little, Brown Book Group