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The Churchills : a family portrait / Celia and John Lee.

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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Family.

Churchill, John Strange Spencer, 1880-1947 -- Family.

Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord, 1849-1895 -- Family.

Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921 -- Family.

Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Biography.

Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.

0230618103 (alk. paper)

9780230618107 (alk. paper)

viii, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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).

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.

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