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The Churchills: a family portrait

Celia and John Lee
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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Summary:
Many mysteries and myths continue to shroud the life and career of Winston Churchill. Through their unique access to the private papers of the Churchill family, the Lees cut through the rumors and get to the truth about the life of the former prime minister.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 (1895-1898)
  • 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)
  • Two 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)
  • Postwar Britain (1919-1929)
  • From the 'political wilderness to Downing Street (1929-1940)
  • Their finest hour (1940-1945)
  • The end of it all (1945-1965).
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Author/Creator:
Lee, Celia
Contributors:
Lee, John, 1946-
NetLibrary, Inc.
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
The Churchills: a family portrait [by Lee, C.]
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 — Family
Churchill, John, 1880-1947 — Family
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849-1895 — Family
Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921 — Family
Great Britain — History — 19th century — Biography
Great Britain — History — 20th century — Biography
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Churchill, John, 1880-1947
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, 1849-1895
Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921
1800-1999
Families
Great Britain
Genres:
Biographies
History
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Digital Characteristics:
text file
Call Numbers:
DA566.9.C5 L358 2010eb
ISBNs:
9780230104921 (electronic bk.)
0230104924 (electronic bk.)
9780230618107 (hbk.) [Invalid]
0230618103 (hbk.) [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
593297003