{"product_id":"9780393082265","title":"The Churchills: In Love and War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe epic story of one of England's greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill.\u003c\/p\u003e The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the nineteenth century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) and Consuelo Vanderbilt (wife to Winston's cousin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mary S. Lovell brilliantly recounts the triumphant political and military campaigns, the construction of great houses, the domestic tragedies, and the happy marriage of Winston to Clementine Hosier set against the disastrous unions of most of his family, which ended in venereal disease, papal annulment, clinical depression, and adultery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston—recently voted \"The Greatest Briton\"—dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118657880304,"sku":"9780393082265","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393082265_p0.jpg?v=1763696541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393082265","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}