Mary S. Lovell — The Churchills

Little, Brown Book Group Limited 2011 Paperback 640 The Churchill family have exerted enormous power on English history, and this book - the first single-volume account to treat them as the successful dynasty they have been - tells their intimate story with great wit, colour and insight. From John, 1st Duke of Marlborough brilliant military tactician and victor of the battle of Blenheim to the gifted but flawed Lord Randolph Churchill and his son Winston, their lives have connected consistently with the fate of Britain. Mary Lovell shows too how influential the Churchill women have been - from Sarah Churchill who dominated Queen Anne, through to Winston's beloved Clemmie and her relationship with US President Franklyn Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor. Good