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Mary S. Lovell

The Churchills: In Love and War

Buch

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 hap… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-393-06230-4
  • EAN: 9780393062304
  • Produktnummer: 10962688
  • Verlag: W W Norton & Co
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 624 S.
  • Masse: H24.5 cm x B16.7 cm x D5.5 cm 1'097 g
  • Gewicht: 1097

Über den Autor


Mary S. Lovell's best-selling biographies include Straight on Till Morning (Beryl Markham) and The Sisters (the Mitford family). She lives in England.

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