Description
A master work...Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that she is back in print in this magnificent single volume.
--from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of readers. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston's mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents. Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is, a master work that pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges--under his guiding hand--from the shadow of being a great man's mother, to being a woman in her own right.
Author: Ralph Martin
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.23lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.09w x 1.90d
ISBN13: 9781402209727
ISBN10: 140220972X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
--from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill Sourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of readers. Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston's mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents. Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is, a master work that pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges--under his guiding hand--from the shadow of being a great man's mother, to being a woman in her own right.
Author: Ralph Martin
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.23lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.09w x 1.90d
ISBN13: 9781402209727
ISBN10: 140220972X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
About the Author
Ralph G. Martin has authored over twenty books. He also served as consultant for the ABC Television series on Winston Churchill. A contributor for many national magazines, Mr. Martin was formerly an Associate Editor of Newsweek and The New Republic. He lives in Sleepy Hollow, New York.