The Churchills: A Family at the Heart of History - from the Duke of Marlborough to Winston Churchill

分类: 图书,进口原版,Biographies & Memoirs(传记与自传),Historical(历史人物),
品牌: Mary S. Lovell
基本信息出版社:Abacus (2012年4月5日)平装:640页正文语种:英语ISBN:0349119783条形码:9780349119786商品尺寸:19.6 x 12.6 x 5 cm商品重量:558 gASIN:0349119783商品描述内容简介There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles', so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough - soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and cuckolder of Charles II - onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers and profligates, heroes and womanisers. The Churchills is a richly layered portrait of an extraordinary set of men and women - grandly ambitious, regularly impecunious, impulsive, arrogant and brave. And towering above the Churchill clan is the figure of Winston - his failures and his triumphs shown in a new and revealing context - ultimately our 'greatest Briton'.作者简介Mary Lovell is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She is the author of seven previous biographies including the bestselling THE MITFORD GIRLS.