The Churchill sisters : the extraordinary lives of Winston and Clementine's daughters / Rachel Trethewey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trethewey, Rachel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Family.

Churchill, Winston.

Churchill, Clementine, 1885-1977.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Children of prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Children of prime ministers.

Churchill, Clementine, 1885-1977--Family.

Churchill, Clementine.

Churchill family.

Churchill, Diana, 1909-1963.

Churchill, Diana.

Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982.

Churchill, Sarah.

Churchill, Marigold, 1918-1921.

Churchill, Marigold.

Soames, Mary.

Sisters--Great Britain--Biography.

Sisters.

Families.

Great Britain.

Women--Great Britain--Biography.

Women.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Extraordinary lives of Winston and Clementine's daughters

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2021.

Summary:

"As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill's daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story. Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill girls - Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary - would have shone. But they were not in another family, they were Churchills, and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father - 'the greatest Englishman' - to their brother, golden boy Randolph, to their eccentric and exciting cousins, the Mitford Girls, they were surrounded by a clan of larger-than-life characters which often saw them overlooked. While Marigold died too young to achieve her potential, the other daughters lived lives full of passion, drama and tragedy. Diana, intense and diffident; Sarah, glamorous and stubborn; Mary, dependable yet determined - each so different but each imbued with a sense of responsibility toward each other and their country. Far from being cosseted debutantes, these women were eyewitnesses at some of the most important events in world history, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. Yet this is not a story set on the battlefields or in Parliament; it is an intimate saga that sheds light on the complex dynamics of family set against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. Drawing on previously unpublished family letters from the Churchill archives, The Churchill Sisters brings Winston's daughters out of the shadows and tells their remarkable stories for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Early Years

1. Diana: The Gold Cream Kitten

2. Sarah: The Bumblebee

3. Marigold: The Duckadilly

4. Mary: The Chartwell Child

5. The Chancellor's Daughters

6. Diana in the Limelight

7. Sarah Takes Centre Stage

8. Sarah Follows Her Star

9. Mary Faces the Gathering Storm

pt. Two The War Years

10. The Churchill Girls at War

11. Transatlantic Alliances

12. Doing Their Duty on the Home Front

13. Travels with Their Father

14. Onwards to Victory

pt. Three The Post-War Years

15. The Aftermath

16. Love and Marriage

17. Sarah Goes to Hollywood

18. Family Politics

19. Sarah: From Hollywood to Holloway

20. Surprised by Joy

21. Diana: The Good Samaritan

22. Mary: The Calm at the Centre of the Storm

23. Sarah Keeps on Dancing

24. Mary's Golden Age

25. Sarah and Mary Leave the Stage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-311) and index.

ISBN:

9781250272393

1250272394

OCLC:

1227086879