Dark Lady: Winston Churchill's Mother and Her World

by Charles Higham

Book Overview

In this sensational new book, bestselling author Charles Higham draws from previously overlooked sources in America and Britain to tell the fascinating story of Jennie Jerome, mother of Winston Churchill -- feminist, advocate of Irish independence, and notoriously promiscuous society belle. It charts her luxurious New York upbringing, eyebrow-raising entry into the British aristocracy through marriage to Lord Randolph Churchill, her endless line of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786718897
• ISBN13: 9780786718894
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Dark Lady

Rich in detail. Remarkable insight into a complex character in a remarkably important family, in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Politics,Monarchy and Aristocracy interwoven with sex and scandal. A great read for anyone interested in the Churchills.