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Jennie Churchill (Paperback)
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Jennie Churchill (Paperback)
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After a three-day romance Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into
the British aristocracy, becoming Lady Randolph Churchill. At a
time when women were afforded few freedoms, she was a
behind-the-scenes political dynamo. However it was Jennies love
life that marked her out, earning her the epithet more panther than
woman. In other ways, Jennie was deeply loyal to her husband. When
he was dying of syphilis she took him on a round-the-world trip to
conceal his violence and mania. Her great project became her son,
Winston, with whom she was entwined in an intense mutual
dependency. Jennie died suddenly in 1921 and although Winston was
not to become the nation's leader for another two decades, he had
acquired from his mother an unshakeable faith in his destiny. With
unprecedented access to private family correspondence, newly
discovered archival material and interviews with Jennie's two
surviving granddaughters, Anne Sebba draws a vivid and frank
portrait of her subject. She repositions Jennie as a woman who
refused to be cowed by her eras customary repression of women.
Jennie Churchill was creative and passionate, determined to live
life to the full.
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