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Oct 1, 2007 · Having spent 30 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Ralph Martin's Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolf Churchill is the story of a girl from Brooklyn who became the toast of British society. Jennie, the most fascinating and desirable woman of her age, was once the wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, and raised a son-Winston Churchill-who ...
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Ralph G. Martin was an American journalist who authored or co-authored about thirty books, including popular biographies of recent historical figures, among which, Jennie, a two-volume (1969 and 1971) study of Winston Churchill's American mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, became the most prominent bestseller.
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Nov 17, 2007 · She became Lady Randolph Churchill, wife of a maverick politician and mother of the most famous British statesman of the century. Jennie Churchill was not merely the most talked about and controversial American woman in London society, she was a dynamic behind-the-scenes political force and a woman of sexual fearlessness at a time when women ...
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Jan 1, 2007 · Jennie Churchill (née Jerome) was the daughter of the wealthy and flamboyant American entrepreneur and racing enthusiast , Leonard Jerome. The Jeromes' had a lavish lifestyle, boasting a property with a 600-seater theatre which staged significant operatic events for the cream of society and where the stables,alone, cost $80.000.Jennie-and many others-adored her father.His friend,August ...
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Anita Leslie (1914-1985), daughter of Shane Leslie (Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet) and first cousin once removed of Sir Winston Churchill, was a writer of memoir and biography. She joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic and ambulance driver during World War II, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France ...
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Letters are interspersed with authors comments that 'connect the dots.' Sharing Jennie's letters, as well as those close to her, was a true eye into her life and the Edwardian elite. Edited by Peregrine Churchill (grandson) and Julian Mitchell (script writer of the British TV series "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill" made in the early '70's).
She was the mother of Winston Churchill, but also a provocative and desirable woman. From her Brooklyn roots to the very heights of British society and power, Jennie was the guiding force behind her husband, Lord Randolph, shaping him into one of the most important men in the British Empire.
