The Churchills
Subtitle: a family portrait
By: Celia and John Lee.
Contributors: Lee, John, 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: 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
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Love at first sight (1873 - 1876); title: An Irish "exile" (1876 -1880); title: A political star is born (1880 - 1882); title: A shooting star burns out (1882 - 1886); title: A happy family again? (1887 - 1889); title: Looking for gold and family matters (1890 - 1893); title: Settling the boys' future (1893 -1894); title: The last journey (1894 - 1895); title: A royal affair : Jennie and the Prince of Wales; title: Financial worries and career development (1895 - 1897); title: Financial crisis and a career denied (1898 - 1899); title: Jennie's work on the Anglo-Saxon Review and the hospital ship the Maine during the Boer War (1898 - 1902); title: Brothers in arms : war in South Africa (1899 - 1900); title: Getting on (1900 -1906); title: Brides for two brothers (1907 - 1908); title: Liberal Britain (1909 - 1914); title: A world at war : from the Western Front to Gallipoli (1914 -1915); title: Seeing it through (1914 - 1918); title: Post war Britain (1919 -1929); title: From the 'political wilderness' to Downing Street (1929 - 1940); title: Their finest hour (1940 - 1945); title: The end of it all (1945 - 1965).